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hero worship
noun
1.
a profound reverence for great people or their memory.
2.
extravagant or excessive admiration for a personal hero.
Origin:
1765–75
1765–75
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verb (used with object), he·ro-wor·shiped, he·ro-wor·ship·ing or (especially British) he·ro-wor·shipped, he·ro-wor·ship·ping.
to feel or express hero worship for.
Origin:
1880–85
1880–85
Related forms
he·ro-wor·ship·er, noun
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| hero worship | |
| —n | |
| 1. | admiration for heroes or idealized persons |
| 2. | worship by the ancient Greeks and Romans of heroes |
| —vb , hero-worship, -ships, -shipping, -shipped, -ships, -shiping, -shiped | |
| 3. | (tr) to feel admiration or adulation for |
| 'hero-worshipper | |
| —n | |
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