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I was a shy, awkward sort of a boy and my father's frequent absences from home, along with my hero worship for him, made me even shyer.
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.

Meaning of "hero worship" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HERO WORSHIP

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HERO WORSHIP

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hero worship is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

WHAT DOES HERO WORSHIP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of hero worship in the English dictionary

The first definition of hero worship in the dictionary is admiration for heroes or idealized persons. Other definition of hero worship is worship by the ancient Greeks and Romans of heroes. Hero worship is also to feel admiration or adulation for.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HERO WORSHIP

hero
hero sandwich
hero-worship
hero-worshipper
hero´s welcome
Herod
Herod Agrippa I
Herod Agrippa II
Herod Antipas
Herodias
Herodotus
heroic
heroic age
heroic couplet
heroic stanza
heroic tenor
heroic verse
heroical
heroically
heroicalness

WORDS THAT END LIKE HERO WORSHIP

authorship
censorship
dealership
dictatorship
entrepreneurship
home ownership
leadership
membership
mentorship
ownership
partnership
place of worship
premiership
proprietorship
readership
relationship
scholarship
sponsorship
starship
warship
worship

Synonyms and antonyms of hero worship in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hero worship» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HERO WORSHIP

Find out the translation of hero worship to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hero worship from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hero worship» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

英雄崇拜
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

culto a los héroes
570 millions of speakers

English

hero worship
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नायक पूजा
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

بطل العبادة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

вероисповедание героя
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

culto do herói
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নায়ক পূজা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

le culte du héros
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penyembahan pahlawan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Heldenverehrung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

英雄崇拝
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

영웅 숭배
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pahlawan pahlawan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tôn thờ anh hùng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஹீரோ வணக்கம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नाय्याची उपासना
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kahraman ibadet
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

culto degli eroi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kult bohatera
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

віросповідання героя
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cult erou
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ήρωας λατρείας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

heldeverering
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hjältedyrkan
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

heltedyrking
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hero worship

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HERO WORSHIP»

The term «hero worship» is normally little used and occupies the 110.047 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HERO WORSHIP» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «hero worship» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «hero worship» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hero worship

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3 QUOTES WITH «HERO WORSHIP»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word hero worship.
1
Karen Duffy
My Mt. Rushmore of hero worship would include Ralph Waldo Emerson, Marcus Aurelius, Frank Sinatra and Barry White.
2
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
I was a shy, awkward sort of a boy and my father's frequent absences from home, along with my hero worship for him, made me even shyer.
3
Simon Winchester
I don't hero worship for the sake of hero worship. When I find people who are truly remarkable - and I think Joseph Needham is a classic example - I do value their counsel.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HERO WORSHIP»

Discover the use of hero worship in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hero worship and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Hero Worship
“This is a superhero story for the post-punk era: Live fast, die young, and take over the world.”—Kirkus Reviews Marvin Maywood only wants one thing in life—to join the heroes of the Core.
Christopher E. Long, 2014
2
On Heroes, Hero-Worship and the Heroic in History 1897
Six lectures reported, with emendations and additions.
Thomas Carlyle, 2003
3
On heroes, hero-worship, and the heroic in history. Illustr
I consider Hero-worship to be the grand modifying element in that ancient system of thought. What I called the perplexed jungle of Paganism sprang, we may say, out of many roots : every admiration, adoration of a star or natural object, was a ...
Thomas Carlyle, 1907
4
Heroes and Hero-Worship
The writing of this book has afforded him pleasure in his leisure moments, and that pleasure would be much increased if he knew that the perusal of it would create any bond of sympathy between himself and the angling community in general.
Thomas Carlyle, 2007
5
The Goddesses' Henchmen: Gender in Indian Hero Worship
This practice has attained new significance in recent years, as right-wing Hindu activists have deployed narratives about heroism in Rajput wars with Muslim emperors. In this book, Lindsey Harlan explores the idea of the Rajput hero.
Lindsey Harlan, 2003
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Hero Worship
When she is transported into the Regency romance that she is reading, becoming a minor character, she must find a way to write herself into the arms of devilishly handsome Nathaniel Chamberlain, while scandalizing the ton. Original.
Dawn Calvert, 2006
7
Thomas Carlyle's on Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Thomas Carlyle, 2012
8
Sartor Resartus, Heroes and Hero Worship, and Past and ...
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.
Thomas Carlyle, 2010
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Sartor Resartus and on Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic ...
Part of the collection of Essays and Belle-Lettres of Everyman's Library.
Thomas Carlyle, 2007
10
Heroes: A History of Hero Worship
This is a fascinating book about dictatorship and democracy, seduction and mass hysteria, politics and culture, and the tensions between being good and being great. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Lucy Hughes-Hallett, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HERO WORSHIP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hero worship is used in the context of the following news items.
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Quiet down, Pete Rose supporters, the ban is right - Detroit Free Press
Hometown-hero worship doesn't represent an overall softening of what's now 26 years of national condemnation for Rose's blatant disregard ... «Detroit Free Press, Jul 15»
2
'Go Set a Watchman' is a novel we can love - Opinion - The Boston …
She is now where old Atticus is in “Watchman”: an elderly person who is sick and tired of carrying the burden of our hero worship. And perhaps ... «Boston Globe, Jul 15»
3
Shanghai company creates a golden Steve Jobs bust to inspire its …
It's hard to disagree with the sentiment, although judging from Jobs' lack of sentimentality and hero worship, I'm not sure quite how he'd feel ... «Cult of Mac, Jul 15»
4
Wimbledon champs Novak Djokovic, Serena Williams dance to …
Despite his success, Djokovic often struggles to attract the hero worship that the evergreen Federer and the modest Nadal enjoy. “I got lucky to ... «iFreePress.com, Jul 15»
5
When a cop mirrors a people's hero
The problem with hero worship is that we don't see if any hero is concerned about justice. We don't check the rights and wrongs of a hero's ... «onmanorama, Jul 15»
6
Ethics is central to reinvention
In the biography his daughter Barbara wrote, she said: “My father's wish for his biography is that it should not promote hero worship or the urge ... «BusinessWorld Online Edition, Jul 15»
7
Novak Djokovic has become the most dominant member of tennis …
Despite his success, Djokovic often struggles to attract the hero worship which the evergreen Federer and the modest Nadal enjoy. On the eve ... «Business Insider, Jul 15»
8
Leon Bridges - Coming Home
This strange upbringing has lent his singing a curious purity – his voice unblemished by affectations and devoid of the usual hero worship (he ... «hotpress.com, Jul 15»
9
Manchester United - Van Persie Passes Fenerbahce Medical
... he`s been paraded around and given hero worship and now we`re hearing that Fenerbahce have indicated the 31-year-old Dutch striker has ... «Vitalfootball, Jul 15»
10
'Batman v Superman' and the Glorious Zenith of Melodrama
Interestingly enough, the trailer lays out the players and premise of the movie particularly clearly: the world is torn between hero worship and ... «Hollywood Reporter, Jul 15»

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