英雄崇拜

[ noun ]
admiration for great men (or their memory)
<noun.feeling>

Hero \He"ro\, n.; pl. {Heroes}. [F. h['e]ros, L. heros, Gr. ?.]
1. (Myth.) An illustrious man, supposed to be exalted, after
death, to a place among the gods; a demigod, as Hercules.

2. A man of distinguished valor or enterprise in danger, or
fortitude in suffering; a prominent or central personage
in any remarkable action or event; hence, a great or
illustrious person.

Each man is a hero and oracle to somebody.
--Emerson.

3. The principal personage in a poem, story, and the like, or
the person who has the principal share in the transactions
related; as Achilles in the Iliad, Ulysses in the Odyssey,
and [AE]neas in the [AE]neid.

The shining quality of an epic hero. --Dryden.

{Hero worship}, extravagant admiration for great men, likened
to the ancient worship of heroes.
※ 1

Hero worship exists, has existed, and will forever
exist, universally among mankind. --Carlyle.


Worship \Wor"ship\, n. [OE. worshipe, wur[eth]scipe, AS.
weor[eth]scipe; weor[eth] worth + -scipe -ship. See {Worth},
a., and {-ship}.]
1. Excellence of character; dignity; worth; worthiness.
[Obs.] --Shak.

A man of worship and honour. --Chaucer.

Elfin, born of noble state,
And muckle worship in his native land. --Spenser.

2. Honor; respect; civil deference. [Obs.]

Of which great worth and worship may be won.
--Spenser.

Then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them
that sit at meat with thee. --Luke xiv.
10.

3. Hence, a title of honor, used in addresses to certain
magistrates and others of rank or station.

My father desires your worships' company. --Shak.

4. The act of paying divine honors to the Supreme Being;
religious reverence and homage; adoration, or acts of
reverence, paid to God, or a being viewed as God. ``God
with idols in their worship joined.'' --Milton.

The worship of God is an eminent part of religion,
and prayer is a chief part of religious worship.
--Tillotson.

5. Obsequious or submissive respect; extravagant admiration;
adoration.

'T is your inky brows, your black silk hair,
Your bugle eyeballs, nor your cheek of cream,
That can my spirits to your worship. --Shak.

6. An object of worship.

In attitude and aspect formed to be
At once the artist's worship and despair.
--Longfellow.

{Devil worship}, {Fire worship}, {Hero worship}, etc. See
under {Devil}, {Fire}, {Hero}, etc.