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hero worship

 
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–noun
1. a profound reverence for great people or their memory.
2. extravagant or excessive admiration for a personal hero.
Origin:
1765–75
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he⋅ro-wor⋅ship

  [heer-oh-wur-ship]
–verb (used with object), -shiped, -ship⋅ing or (especially British) -shipped, -ship⋅ping.
to feel or express hero worship for.
Origin:
1880–85

Related forms:
he⋅ro-wor⋅ship⋅er, noun
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he·ro-wor·ship   (hîr'ō-wûr'shĭp)
tr.v.   he·ro-wor·shiped or he·ro-wor·shipped, he·ro-wor·ship·ing or he·ro-wor·ship·ping, he·ro-wor·ships

  1. To revere as an ideal.

  2. To adulate.

he'ro-wor'ship·er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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