Synonym: hero-worship, idolise, revere, worship. Similar words: utilize, realize, fertilize, demoralize, specialize, rationalize, doll, doleful. Meaning: ['aɪdəlaɪz] 
v. love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol.
v. love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol. 31. But we're not just talking about progressives now we're talking about revolutionaries that idolize Mao.
32. -- And then look inward, and discern the black reality of what they idolize?
More similar words: utilize, realize, fertilize, demoralize, specialize, rationalize, doll, doleful, widow, get rid of, adolescent, corridor, be afraid of, blizzard, naturalization, solid, seize, prize, polity, stolid, polish, policy, police, size up, abolish, politic, bucolic, solicit, agonize, citizen.