| Main Entry: | hero worship |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | admiration of great person |
Synonyms: |
adoration, apotheosis, breathless adoration, deification, exaggerated respect, idolization, worship |
| Main Entry: | lionize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | celebrate |
Synonyms: |
acclaim, adulate, aggrandize, eulogize, exalt, glorify, hero-worship, honor, idolize, immortalize, praise, roll out the red carpet, show respect, worship |
| Main Entry: | idolatry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extreme devotion |
Synonyms: |
adulation, fervor, hero worship, infatuation |
| Concept: | Idolatry. |
| Category: | 4. Acts of Religion |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
idolatry, idolism; demonism, demonolatry; idol-worship, demon-worship, devil-worship, fire-worship; zoolatry, fetichism; ecclesiolatry, heliolatry, Mariolatry, Bibliolatry., deification, apotheosis, canonization; hero worship., sacrifices, hecatomb, holocaust; human sacrifices, immolation, mactation, infanticde, self-immolation, suttee., idol, golden calf, graven image, fetich, avatar, Juggernath, lares et penates; Baal.
-verbs
worship idols, worship pictures, worship relics; deify, canonize.
-adjectives
idolatrous.
-phrases
adorer le veau d'or.
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