hero-worship
Putting someone high
Hero-worship is excessive admiration for someone, treating them as an ideal or idol.
The term often carries a faint note of disapproval, suggesting the admiration is uncritical or naive: His hero-worship of his older brother bordered on obsession.
As a verb, to hero-worship someone is to revere them this way.
Extreme reverent admiration
- venerationProfound admiring respect
- reverenceProfound admiring respect
- adulationExtravagant, servile praise
- glorificationElevating praise or worship
deification · exaltation · lionization · awe · devotion · admiration · esteem · praise
Obsessive male enthusiast
- fangirlObsessive female enthusiast
- groupieObsessive celebrity follower
- stanObsessive celebrity follower
- superfanExtremely devoted follower
diehard · devotee · follower · disciple · acolyte · enthusiast · aficionado · admirer
Person others emulate
- imitationCopy of the original
- aspirationStrong desire for achievement
- inspirationSource of creative impulse
- mentorTrusted wisdom-giving advisor
icon · ideal · paragon · exemplar · model · looking up to · copycat · mimicry
idolization
Extreme reverent admiration
- venerationProfound admiring respect
- reverenceProfound admiring respect
- adulationExtravagant, servile praise
glorification · deification · exaltation · lionization · awe · devotion · admiration · esteem · praise · homage
fanboy
Obsessive male enthusiast
- fangirlObsessive female enthusiast
- groupieObsessive celebrity follower
- stanObsessive celebrity follower
superfan · diehard · devotee · follower · disciple · acolyte · enthusiast · aficionado · admirer · supporter
role model
Person others emulate
- imitationCopy of the original
- aspirationStrong desire for achievement
- inspirationSource of creative impulse
mentor · icon · ideal · paragon · exemplar · model · looking up to · copycat · mimicry · influence
- idealizingglorification, idolization, romanticization, pedestalization, deification
- glorificationglorifying, glorification, exalting, exaltation, idolizing
- obsessionsobsession, fixation, monomania, preoccupation, mania
hero-worshipcynicism
Distrust of human sincerity
disillusionment · iconoclasm · skepticism · debunking · critical thinking
hero, worship, heroic, heroism, heroine, heroes, worships, worshipped, worshipping