cult of personality
noun phrase
: a situation in which a public figure (such as a political leader) is deliberately presented to the people of a country as a great person who should be admired and loved
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Trump’s affinity for dictators and strongmen, the incendiary mass rallies promoting a cult of personality, and the explicit incitement of mob and state violence provided more substance to the charge.
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Deborah Baker
june 3, Literary Hub, 3 June 2025
But none quite matches the polish — or the cult of personality — of Airline Videos.
—Andrew Zucker, HollywoodReporter, 24 May 2025
Now after her dramatic ouster and flight into exile in India, the family cult of personality has ceded to raucous iconoclasm.
—Simon Montlake, Christian Science Monitor, 16 May 2025
The text on the second slide is the Merriam-Webster definition for a cult of personality.
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 9 Apr. 2025
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Deborah Baker
june 3, Literary Hub, 3 June 2025
But none quite matches the polish — or the cult of personality — of Airline Videos.
—Andrew Zucker, HollywoodReporter, 24 May 2025
Now after her dramatic ouster and flight into exile in India, the family cult of personality has ceded to raucous iconoclasm.
—Simon Montlake, Christian Science Monitor, 16 May 2025
The text on the second slide is the Merriam-Webster definition for a cult of personality.
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 9 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for cult of personality
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“Cult of personality.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cult%20of%20personality. Accessed 28 Jun. 2025.
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