hero worship

English

Noun

hero worship (uncountable)

Extravagant admiration for great people, likened to the ancient worship of heroes.
- 1840 May 5, Thomas Carlyle, “Lecture I. The Hero as Divinity. Odin. Paganism: Scandinavian Mythology.”, in On Heroes, Hero-Worship and The Heroic in History, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1840, →OCLC, page 13:
  Hero-worship endures forever while man endures.

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