hero worship

hero worship (uncountable)

1. Extravagant admiration for great people, likened to the ancient worship of heroes.
   • 1840 May 5, Thomas Carlyle, “Lecture I. The Hero as Divinity. Odin. Paganism: Scandinavian Mythology.”, in On Heroes, Hero-Worship and The Heroic in History, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1840, →OCLC, page 13:

     Hero-worship endures forever while man endures.