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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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The most dreadful hero-worshipper we ever met was a small-time millionaire whom we once had the misfortune to sit next to at a sports luncheon.
Striking out. (Here Below) by Masin, Herman L. / Coach and Athletic Director
And he thinks he knows why Marx once said, "Je ne suis pas un Marxiste": There was this young German hero-worshipper who kept pestering the Great Man - organizing Karl Marx Clubs and such.
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