hero worship

Example Sentences

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Instead, “Him” wonders what kind of spiritual practice it is: hero worship or a sinister cult?

From Los Angeles Times

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

But maybe Cohn just wants to bask in Trump’s sycophantic hero worship of him?

From Salon

A fitting coda to a childish slog of hero worship.

From Los Angeles Times

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