hero worship

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Definition

Noun: 1. Excessive admiration for a person, especially a famous or historical figure: The term refers to an intense, often uncritical, admiration for individuals perceived as heroes or as exceptionally great, focusing on their achievements or idealized qualities.

Usage
  • As a subject: Hero worship can influence how societies view their leaders.
  • As an object: The biography avoided promoting simple hero worship of its subject.
  • With prepositions: military leaders was common in that era.
Examples
  • The young boy's hero worship for the astronaut was evident in his room covered in posters.
  • The historian warned against hero worship, arguing it prevents a clear understanding of a figure's flaws and complexities.
  • Their hero worship of the founding fathers sometimes ignored the contradictions in historical records.
Advanced Usage
  • As a concept in sociology/popular culture: The term is often used in academic and critical discourse to analyze fan culture, political leadership, and historical narrative.
    • The study examined the phenomenon of hero worship in online fan communities.
Variants and Related Words
  • Hero-worship (verb): To admire or treat someone as a hero, often excessively.
    • He tends to hero-worship successful entrepreneurs, overlooking their business controversies.
  • Hero-worshipper (noun): A person who engages in hero worship.
    • She was an ardent hero-worshipper of the classical composer.
Synonyms
  • Idolization: The act of admiring or loving someone very much, often blindly.
  • Adulation: Excessive admiration or praise.
  • Deification: Treating someone like a god.
Related Phrases
  • Cult of personality: A situation where a leader uses media and propaganda to create an idealized, heroic public image.
  • Put on a pedestal: To admire someone so much that you treat them as perfect.
Noun
  1. admiration for great men (or their memory)

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