hero-worship

verb (used with object), he·ro-wor·shiped, he·ro-wor·ship·ing or (especially British) he·ro-wor·shipped, he·ro-wor·ship·ping.

1. to feel or express hero worship for.

noun

1. a profound reverence for great people or their memory.
2. extravagant or excessive admiration for a personal hero.

noun

1. admiration for heroes or idealized persons
2. worship by the ancient Greeks and Romans of heroes

verb hero-worship, -ships, -shipping or -shipped or US -ships, -shiping or -shiped

3. (tr) to feel admiration or adulation for