self-worship

noun

self-wor·​ship ˌself-ˈwər-shəp 

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 

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

Communication between the human soul and the supernatural creator has ceased to exist, replaced with the art of the big fear, jealousy and, primarily, self-worship. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 2 Nov. 2026

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

Word History

First Known Use

1583, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for self-worship

• connoisseurship
• entrepreneurship
• worship