Why this word is great
MARTYROLATRY — [Noun] The idolization or adoration of martyrs. From martyr ("one who suffers or dies for a cause") + -o- (linking vowel) + -latry ("worship of"). Unlike "martyrdom" (which refers to the suffering itself) or "hagiography" (which chronicles the lives of saints), martyrolatry is the elevation of sacrifice into spectacle, the transformation of blood into liturgy. It is the candlelit shrine in a quiet chapel, the fervent recitation of names in a protest chant, the way a bullet-riddled shirt becomes a relic—the human impulse to sanctify suffering, as if pain alone could confer meaning.