hero worship (n.)

• accolade
• admiration
• adoration
• adulation
• affection
• agape
• apotheosis
• appreciation
• approbation
• approval
• ardor
• attachment
• awe
• charity
• congratulation
• consideration
• courtesy
• deference
• deification
• demonism
• demonolatry
• desire
• devotion
• duty
• encomium
• esteem
• estimation
• eulogium
• eulogy
• exaltation
• fancy
• favor
• fervor
• fetishism
• flame
• flattery
• fondness
• glorification
• glory
• heart
• heathenism
• homage
• honor
• iconolatry
• idolatry
• idolization
• kudos
• lasciviousness
• libido
• like
• liking
• love
• lovemaking
• magnification
• paean
• paganism
• panegyric
• passion
• popularity
• praise
• prestige
• prize
• puff
• pyrolatry
• regard
• respect
• revere
• reverence
• salute
• sentiment
• sex
• shine
• tribute
• truelove
• trumpet
• uxoriousness
• value
• veneration
• weakness
• worship
• yearning