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hero worship

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noun

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Verb
Machismo is another one of these elements as the doc repeatedly shows a star matador and his hero-worshipping entourage. Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2025 Machismo is another one of these elements as the doc repeatedly shows a star matador and his hero-worshipping entourage. Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2025
Noun
Prone to hero worship early on, Drake hashed out his style in public, dabbling in rap while working on the Canadian teen soap Degrassi: The Next Generation. Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2025 Springsteen admires the precision, energy, and intelligence of Bryan’s songwriting, but he’s also clearly charmed by the 28-year-old Navy veteran’s obvious hero worship, puppy-in-a-frat energy, and relentless sincerity. Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for hero-worship
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hero-worship
Verb
  • His Family Life He’s not just adored onscreen; he’s got a phenomenally close family as well.
    Rachel McRady, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
  • In front of its adoring crowd, the North London club took a huge step towards the Champions League semifinal by beating Spanish juggernaut Real Madrid 3-0 in its quarterfinal first-leg.
    Ben Church, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Know-nothings pretend that Schrader’s Bressonian mannerisms reveal the spiritual depths of contemporary crisis, when, in fact, Master Gardener repeats the same social-collapse paranoia that made secular reviewers overpraise the religious, racial, suicide-bomber topics of First Reformed.
    Armond White, National Review, 24 May 2023
  • He’s overpraised of course.
    Nick Laird, The New York Review of Books, 16 Mar. 2023
Noun
  • While the church itself is small, the views from the hilltop around the place of worship spread out for miles.
    Carolyn Heller, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • The groups sought a preliminary order barring ICE staff from various places of worship while the full lawsuit went ahead.
    David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • During her years on the show, she became known as a shade queen who liked to twirl (her signature move and catchphrase).
    Kate Aurthur, Variety, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Dan [Fogelman] doesn’t like anybody to be purely evil or purely good.
    Scott Huver, Deadline, 6 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Participants frequently praise Finland’s egalitarian business culture and efficient decision-making processes.
    Jessica Mendoza, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Greene deflected and bashed the Biden administration while praising the Trump administration before circling back to the purpose of the news conference.
    Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The outpouring from fans this week shows the ongoing adoration around the late singer.
    Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 29 Mar. 2025
  • The touching display of affection between the dachshunds quickly captured the attention of Instagram users, who flooded the comments with adoration.
    Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Green’s lawyer, John Burke, highlighted how abuse and instability in his childhood led him to idolize gang members and join a gang as a young teenager.
    John Annese, New York Daily News, 6 Mar. 2025
  • In particular, Spencer idolized Asian American figure skaters such as Nathan Chen and Vincent Zhou, as well as Maxim Naumov, whose parents, Vadim Naumov and Evgenia Shishkova, were coaches at the Skating Club of Boston and also died in the plane crash.
    Emilie Ikeda, NBC News, 28 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Residents Dan Lee was among those who congratulated House as well as village clerk and trustee candidates who ran on the Clean House slate.
    Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
  • After the 49ers won the AFC Championship against the Detroit Lions in January 2024, Mindy congratulated her husband in an Instagram reel that featured a montage of herself and their kids on the field.
    Emily Krauser, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025

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“Hero-worship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hero-worship. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.

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