self-worship

noun

self-wor·​ship ˌself-ˈwər-shəp How to pronounce self-worship (audio)
 also  -ˈwȯr-
: extravagant admiration for or devotion to oneself : worship of oneself : self-idolatry
Thanks to social media, young people take constant photos of themselves in a kind of self-worship.Ed Leap
Similarly, to watch the endless stream of award shows for Hollywood titans is to subject yourself to a narcissistic spectacle of collective self-worship.Jonah Gould
self-worshipper
ˌself-ˈwər-shə-pər How to pronounce self-worship (audio)
 also  -ˈwȯr-
noun
or self-worshiper
plural self-worshippers or self-worshipers
We have become a nation of hedonists and self-worshipers. Matt Walsh

Examples of self-worship in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Aesthetically, Jünger had no time for Alfred Rosenberg’s mystical blood-and-soil racial self-worship. Thomas Meaney, Harper’s Magazine , 16 Feb. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1583, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of self-worship was in 1583

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“Self-worship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-worship. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.

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