noun
- Plural of bardolatry; excessive or uncritical admiration and reverence for William Shakespeare and his works.
Usage: Formal or literary; Often used critically to describe overzealous Shakespeare worship
Examples
- Some scholars argue that bardolatries have prevented honest critical examination of Shakespeare's plays.
- The professor warned against bardolatries, encouraging students to question the playwright's work.
- Victorian bardolatries elevated Shakespeare to an almost religious status.
- Modern literary criticism has challenged the bardolatries of previous centuries.
- The festival's bardolatries were evident in every speech and performance.