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HERO-WORSHIP

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Dictionary entry overview: What does hero-worship mean?

• HERO-WORSHIP (verb)
The verb HERO-WORSHIP has 1 sense:

1. love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol

Familiarity information: HERO-WORSHIP used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• HERO-WORSHIP (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

hero-worship; idolise; idolize; revere; worship

Context example:

Many teenagers idolized the Beatles

Hypernyms (to "hero-worship" is one way to...):

adore (love intensely)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hero-worship"):

drool over; slobber over (envy without restraint)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

Sam cannot hero-worship Sue

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