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hero worship

1

noun

  1. a profound reverence for great people or their memory.
  2. extravagant or excessive admiration for a personal hero.


hero-worship

2

[ heer-oh-wur-ship ]

verb (used with object)

hero-worshiped, hero-worshiping or (especially British) hero-worshipped, hero-worshipping.
  1. to feel or express hero worship for.

hero worship

noun

  1. admiration for heroes or idealized persons
  2. worship by the ancient Greeks and Romans of heroes
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to feel admiration or adulation for
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of hero worship1

First recorded in 1765–75

Origin of hero worship2

First recorded in 1880–85
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But maybe Cohn just wants to bask in Trump’s sycophantic hero worship of him?

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A fitting coda to a childish slog of hero worship.

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Herbert wrote about his distrust — hatred, even — of hero worship and how it influenced Dune for the July 1980 issue of Omni Magazine.

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“My intention throughout,†he writes, “has been to avoid hagiography and hero worship, telling Lewis’s full story with all its ups and downs intact.â€

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They help us to peel back some of the layers of legend and hero worship that obscure the whole story of American history.

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