hero worship

Example Sentences

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Instead, “Him” wonders what kind of spiritual practice it is: hero worship or a sinister cult?

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2025

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

Herbert wrote about his distrust — hatred, even — of hero worship and how it influenced Dune for the July 1980 issue of Omni Magazine.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 27, 2024

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

From Slate • Aug. 1, 2023

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

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison