单词 | cult hero |
释义 | > as lemmascult hero cult hero n. (a) a (usually male) mythological or historical figure, venerated within a particular culture or as part of a belief system (cf. culture hero n. at culture n. Compounds 2); (b) a (usually male) public figure, esp. a writer or other artist, with a strong appeal to a relatively small audience, or who is influential despite limited public exposure or commercial success. ΚΠ 1881 R. M. Dorman Origin Primitive Superstitions Index 393/2 Atotarho, Iroquois cult-hero. 1932 New Yorker 4 June 21/1 Bill Fallon, the Great Mouthpiece, is still the cult hero of the criminal bar. 1949 Harper's Mag. Dec. 110/2 He [sc. Faulkner] is a cult hero among so many young and brilliant and susceptible writers. 1967 R. P. Martin Carmen Christi vi. 156 As to the cult-heroes, whether human (like Alexander) or semi-human, semi-divine (like Herakles), they aspire to divinization. 2011 Guardian (Nexis) 22 Sept. 3 The group released a series of records and were cult heroes on the US college rock circuit before finding worldwide fame in the 90s. < as lemmas |
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