hero-worship

Nouns

(n) admiration for great men (or their memory)

Verbs

(v) love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol
- Many teenagers idolized the Beatles
idolise, idolize, revere, worship,

Synonyms

idolise idolize revere worship

Words of close approximity

hero worshiper hero worshipper