ADMIREgreat admiration for someone who is thought to be very brave, good, skilful etc – often used to show disapproval 英雄[偶像]崇拜〔常含贬义〕 → idolatry
—hero-worship verb [transitiveT]
Examples from the Corpus
hero worship• And it wasn't all hero worship.• He had a tendency toward hero worship and often gushed embarrassingly in correspondence with his heroes.