Local English word record

hero-worship

verb · 1 sense

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

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Examples

  • Many teenagers idolized the Beatles

Word relationships

Synonyms

idolize, idolise, worship, revere

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Princeton WordNet 3.0