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hero worship

great or excessive reverence or admiration for heroes or other persons

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hero-worship transitive verb
hero-worshiper noun

See hero worship in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Intense or excessive admiration for a hero or a person regarded as a hero.

transitive verb he·ro-wor·shiped or he·ro-wor·shipped, he·ro-wor·ship·ing or he·ro-wor·ship·ping, he·ro-wor·ships

To revere as an ideal.
To adulate.

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heˈro-worˌship·er noun

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