idolization
Putting on pedestal
Idolization is excessive admiration or worship of someone or something.
The word suggests devotion that goes beyond reasonable appreciation—treating a person, idea, or thing as if it were an idol deserving reverence: The idolization of celebrities has only intensified with social media.
The object of idolization is often unworthy of such devotion, or the devotion itself becomes unhealthy.
Extravagant, servile praise
- venerationProfound admiring respect
- reverenceProfound admiring respect
- adorationProfound loving regard
- glorificationElevating praise or worship
lionization · esteem · hero-worship · worship · devotion · praise · homage · exaltation
Enthusiast community collectively
- stanObsessive celebrity follower
- superfanExtremely devoted follower
- groupieObsessive celebrity follower
- followerOne who supports another
devotee · admirers · fanbase · cult following · icon · star · fame · autograph
Persistent mental attachment
- infatuationShort-lived intense attraction
- fanaticismObsessive, unreasoning dedication
- zealotryExcessive devotion to beliefs
- cultismDevotion to fringe group
mania · obsessiveness · fervor · single-mindedness · extremism · blind devotion · unhealthy attachment · compulsion
Religious reverence and praise
- deificationElevation to divine status
- apotheosisPeak or deification
- false godDeity wrongly worshipped
- graven imageSculpted object of worship
deity · shrine · altar · blasphemy · sacrilege · golden calf · pagan · heathen
adulation
Extravagant, servile praise
- venerationProfound admiring respect
- reverenceProfound admiring respect
- adorationProfound loving regard
glorification · lionization · esteem · hero-worship · worship · devotion · praise · homage · exaltation · tribute
fandom
Enthusiast community collectively
- stanObsessive celebrity follower
- superfanExtremely devoted follower
- groupieObsessive celebrity follower
follower · devotee · admirers · fanbase · cult following · icon · star · fame · autograph · poster
fixation
Persistent mental attachment
- infatuationShort-lived intense attraction
- fanaticismObsessive, unreasoning dedication
- zealotryExcessive devotion to beliefs
cultism · mania · obsessiveness · fervor · single-mindedness · extremism · blind devotion · unhealthy attachment · compulsion · monomania
worship
Religious reverence and praise
- deificationElevation to divine status
- apotheosisPeak or deification
- false godDeity wrongly worshipped
graven image · deity · shrine · altar · blasphemy · sacrilege · golden calf · pagan · heathen · iconography
- social feelingsadmiration, affection, animosity, antipathy, contempt
- fandomfandom, fandoms, fan club, fan base, fanbase
- idealizingglorification, hero-worship, romanticization, pedestalization, deification
- unhealthy attachmentclinginess, codependency, enmeshment, clingy, neediness
- deificationapotheosis, deification, divinization, divine status, godhood
- romancelove story, amor, love, boyfriend, courting
idolizationcontempt
Disdainful disregard
loathing · hatred · detestation · scorn · vilification