hero-worship

/'hiərou,wə:ʃip/

Thân thiện

Many young fans hero-worship the lead singer at the concert.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To admire, love, or venerate someone to an excessive or uncritical degree, often treating them as an idol or perfect ideal.

Usage

The verb "hero-worship" describes an intense, often idealized admiration for a person, typically a public figure, celebrity, or historical character. It implies a level of devotion that goes beyond ordinary respect, bordering on uncritical adoration. It is often used to describe the feelings of fans, followers, or younger people towards their idols.

Examples

• Verb:
  • As a child, he would hero-worship his older brother, believing he could do no wrong.
  • Some fans hero-worship celebrities, ignoring any of their flaws or mistakes.
  • The cult leader was hero-worshipped by his devoted followers.

Advanced Usage

• Conceptual Use: The term can be used to critique a societal or cultural tendency to elevate individuals to an unrealistic status.
  • The media often encourages the public to hero-worship athletes and movie stars.

Variants and Related Words

• Hero-worshipper (noun): A person who hero-worships someone.
  • He was a devoted hero-worshipper of the famous scientist.
• Hero-worshipping (noun/gerund): The act or practice of hero-worship.
  • His hero-worshipping of the political leader blinded him to the policy's faults.

Synonyms

• Idolize: To admire or love very much, often to excess.
• Adulate: To praise or flatter excessively.
• Revere: To feel deep respect or admiration for (this synonym is more positive and less critical than "hero-worship").

Antonyms

• Despise: To feel contempt or deep repugnance for.
• Scorn: To feel or express contempt or derision.
• Criticize: To indicate the faults of someone or something in a disapproving way.

Học thuật

Verb

1. love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol
   • Many teenagers idolized the Beatles

Từ đồng nghĩa

• idolize
• idolise
• worship
• revere