Definitions for hero-worship

hero-worship he·ro-wor·ship

Spelling: [heer-oh-wur-ship]
IPA: /ˈhɪər oʊˌwɜr ʃɪp/

Hero-Worship is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 392 anagrams from letters in hero-worship (-ehhiooprrsw).

Definitions for hero-worship

noun

  1. a profound reverence for great people or their memory.
  2. extravagant or excessive admiration for a personal hero.

verb (used with object)

  1. to feel or express hero worship for.

Origin of hero-worship

First recorded in 1880-85

Examples for hero-worship

Blessed, thrice blessed, is it to find that hero-worship is not yet passed away!

The latter was closely bound up with polytheism and hero-worship.

hero-worship done differently in every different epoch of the world.

Her admiration for him had gradually grown into hero-worship.

Carlyle, in the theory of hero-worship, has made capital use of Boswell.

The most famous course, on hero-worship, was delivered in May, 1840.

It is to hero-worship players while considering them disposable as human beings.

hero-worship is characteristic of youthful, progressive peoples.

Every extravagance of hagiology can be found in hero-worship.

His dislike of Ericson was not exclusively and altogether because of Helena's hero-worship.

Word Value for hero-worship
Scrable

7

Words with friends

6

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