'Hero worship' definitions:

Definition of 'hero worship'

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noun
Admiration for great men (or their memory)

Definition of 'Hero worship'

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  • Hero \He"ro\ (h[=e]"r[-o]), n.; pl. Heroes (h[=e]"r[=o]z). [F. h['e]ros, L. heros, Gr. "h`rws.]
  • 1. (Myth.) An illustrious man, supposed to be exalted, after death, to a place among the gods; a demigod, as Hercules. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A man of distinguished valor or enterprise in danger, or fortitude in suffering; a prominent or central personage in any remarkable action or event; hence, a great or illustrious person. [1913 Webster]
  • Each man is a hero and oracle to somebody. --Emerson. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. The principal personage in a poem, story, and the like, or the person who has the principal share in the transactions related; as Achilles in the Iliad, Ulysses in the Odyssey, and Aeneas in the Aeneid. [1913 Webster]
  • The shining quality of an epic hero. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • Hero worship, extravagant admiration for great men, likened to the ancient worship of heroes. [1913 Webster] 1
  • Hero worship exists, has existed, and will forever exist, universally among mankind. --Carlyle. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Hero worship'

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  • Worship \Wor"ship\, n. [OE. worshipe, wur[eth]scipe, AS. weor[eth]scipe; weor[eth] worth + -scipe -ship. See Worth, a., and -ship.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. Excellence of character; dignity; worth; worthiness. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • A man of worship and honour. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • Elfin, born of noble state, And muckle worship in his native land. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Honor; respect; civil deference. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Of which great worth and worship may be won. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • Then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee. --Luke xiv. 10. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Hence, a title of honor, used in addresses to certain magistrates and others of rank or station. [1913 Webster]
  • My father desires your worships' company. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. The act of paying divine honors to the Supreme Being; religious reverence and homage; adoration, or acts of reverence, paid to God, or a being viewed as God. "God with idols in their worship joined." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • The worship of God is an eminent part of religion, and prayer is a chief part of religious worship. --Tillotson. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. Obsequious or submissive respect; extravagant admiration; adoration. [1913 Webster]
  • 'T is your inky brows, your black silk hair, Your bugle eyeballs, nor your cheek of cream, That can my spirits to your worship. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. An object of worship. [1913 Webster]
  • In attitude and aspect formed to be At once the artist's worship and despair. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
  • Devil worship, Fire worship, Hero worship, etc. See under Devil, Fire, Hero, etc. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'hero worship'

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Words containing 'Hero worship'