Hero worship
Hero worship noun - Excessive admiration of or devotion to a person.
Usage example: once the object of uncritical hero worship, the aging quarterback now faces the derision of his team's fickle fans
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Synonyms for Hero worship
Love and hero worship are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Love" instead a noun phrase "Hero worship".
Love
Love noun - A feeling of strong or constant regard for and dedication to someone.
Hero worship and love are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hero worship" instead a noun "Love".
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Related pairs
- liking and hero worship
- liking and love
- attachment and hero worship
- attachment and love
- devotion and hero worship
- devotion and love
- fondness and hero worship
- fondness and love
- affection and hero worship
- affection and love
- passion and hero worship
- passion and love
- infatuation and hero worship
- infatuation and love
Both terms in one sentence
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Though it's debatable whether she just had a case of hero worship with Griffith or if she genuinely was in love with him.
Source: Second Love -
They mostly vary between hero worship and "we love him, but...".
- The male Exile has a Jedi Master who's rapidly sliding down the slippery slope to the Dark Side, who gets jealous of your actual Love Interest and is caught somewhere between hero worship and a serious case of Foe Yay.
Source: Ship Tease / Video Games
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