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hero worship

Idolizing someone as if they were endowed with superhuman attributes. The term is used when a person is the focus of unusual adulation by another and does not necessarily imply that they display heroic attributes.



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As Taylor acquaints us with the pecking order in his school, his parents' conversations and escalating arguments, his struggle with his stammer, his hero worship of his older cousin, the prejudice and ignorance of his adult acquaintances, his first crush and first serious ethical dilemma, every word rings true.
Warhol died during my senior year in high school, at the height of my hero worship.
Nevertheless, the prose is even-handed in the main, though some minor hero worship does come through.
 
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