hero worship

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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

A fitting coda to a childish slog of hero worship.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2024

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

It marketed itself as another run of the mill hero storyline with its final trailer full of the typical hero worship, Avengers and .

From Salon • Nov. 27, 2023

They help us to peel back some of the layers of legend and hero worship that obscure the whole story of American history.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis