idolspize
v.— «Whom do you idolspize?…It recently became clear to me that modern life has spawned a brand new emotion, that psychological sidewalk-crack between envy and idolatry that we often succeed in jumping over, but once in a while fall right through.» —“That Wonderful Woman! Oh, How I Loathe Her” by Ann Hornaday Washington Post Feb. 22, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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