personality cult
noun
: 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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The Assad dynasty ruled Syria with an iron fist, using a personality cult and an indefatigable security apparatus – aspects of daily life for a half century that will require years to overcome and to heal.
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Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Jan. 2025
Then there are the rapier-like missives of the Tsinghua University law professor Xu Zhangrun, who criticized Xi for his mishandling of the COVID-19 outbreak and for reviving Mao’s rule by personality cult.
—Orville Schell, Foreign Affairs, 22 June 2021
North Korea's Kim Jong Un maintains an iron grip through the threat and reality of labor camps and murder along with a fanatical propaganda personality cult.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
Even within China, many Chinese citizens are dubious of the CCP’s heavy-handed nationalist propaganda and the personality cult growing around Xi.
—Jessica Chen Weiss, Foreign Affairs, 11 June 2019
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Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Jan. 2025
Then there are the rapier-like missives of the Tsinghua University law professor Xu Zhangrun, who criticized Xi for his mishandling of the COVID-19 outbreak and for reviving Mao’s rule by personality cult.
—Orville Schell, Foreign Affairs, 22 June 2021
North Korea's Kim Jong Un maintains an iron grip through the threat and reality of labor camps and murder along with a fanatical propaganda personality cult.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
Even within China, many Chinese citizens are dubious of the CCP’s heavy-handed nationalist propaganda and the personality cult growing around Xi.
—Jessica Chen Weiss, Foreign Affairs, 11 June 2019
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“Personality cult.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/personality%20cult. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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