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hero worship

hero worship noun: extravagant admiration for great people, likened to the ancient worship of heroes.

Noun

hero worship (uncountable)

  1. Extravagant admiration for great people, likened to the ancient worship of heroes.
    • Hero-worship endures forever while man endures.1840 May 5, Thomas Carlyle, “Lecture I. The Hero as Divinity. Odin. Paganism: Scandinavian Mythology.”, in On Heroes, Hero-Worship and The Heroic in History, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published...

hero worship meaning in Tamil

hero worship in Tamil

வீர ஆராதனை, நாயக வழிபாடு

Words formed from hero worship

Questions about hero worship

What does hero worship mean?
Hero worship means extravagant admiration for great people, likened to the ancient worship of heroes.
What is hero worship in Tamil?
Hero worship in Tamil is வீர ஆராதனை, நாயக வழிபாடு. See Hero worship meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hero worship?
Hero worship is a noun.

Words near hero worship in the dictionary

  1. hero shot
  2. hero shots
  3. hero shrew
  4. hero shrews
  5. hero syndrome
  6. hero worship
  7. hero-cane
  8. hero-myth
  9. hero-worship
  10. hero-worshipped
  11. hero-worshipping

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