hero worship

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The Emergency was also a stark warning against the perils of hero worship - something embodied in the towering political persona of Indira Gandhi.

From BBC • Jun. 24, 2025

A fitting coda to a childish slog of hero worship.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2024

Not everyone fell for the von Braun hero worship, however, including several prominent Jewish comedians.

From Slate • Aug. 1, 2023

What mattered was Rodriguez somehow finding a way to top his spectacular 2022 spectacle — at least for one transcendent round — and turn the ballpark into a roaring, chanting mass of hero worship.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 10, 2023

In Danville they had made him the object of hero worship.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison