" idolization "

1: excessive admiration of or devotion to a person;

  * e.g., " ... the mass idolization of the Renaissance artist continues to this day "

•  Synonyms : 

•  adulation,

•  deification,

•  hero worship,

•  idolatry,

•  worship,

•  worshipping

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to love or admire too much;

  * e.g., " ... she blindly idolized her older sister, refusing to acknowledge any of her faults "

•  Synonyms : 

•  adore,

•  adulate,

•  canonize,

•  deify,

•  dote (on),

•  hero-worship,

•  worship

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)