man-worship
chiefly depreciative
noun
The worship of a human as a divine being; the inappropriate or idolatrous elevation of a person to the status of a god.
Origin
Mid 17th century; earliest use found in Thomas Manton (bap. 1620, d. 1677), nonconformist minister.
- in the altogether
- in the ascendant
- in the bag
- in the balance
- in the belief that
- in the blink of an eye (or in a blink)
- in the box seat
- in the buff
- in the business of
- in the cactus
- in the can
- in the cart
- in the catbird seat
- in the cause of
- in the clear
- in the clouds
- in the club (or the pudding club)
- in the clutch
- in the cold light of day
- in the concrete
- in (the) course of ——
- in the dark
- in the dogbox
- in the driver's seat
- in the driving (or driver's) seat