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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North Korea operates under the state ideology of Juche, a quasi-communist worldview founded on a cult of personality and enthusiastic nationalism.
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Timothy H.j. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 20 June 2024
But Brat came at a moment when mainstream pop music is finally embracing more of the crunchy alt-pop sounds she’s been swimming in for the last decade, while Charli’s own cult of personality has grown to exponential proportions.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 18 June 2024
For many voters, however, Modi’s cult of personality had crossed the line into delusional hubris.
—Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Foreign Affairs, 14 June 2024
There’s a cult of personality around Liz that doesn’t quite make sense to me yet.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2024
By Jon Herskovitz and Soo-Hyang Choi / Bloomberg May 8, 2024 12:35 AM EDT
Kim Ki Nam, a propaganda mastermind who helped forge the cult of personality for the family dynasty that has ruled North Korea since its founding in the Cold War, has died at the age of 94.
—TIME, 8 May 2024
Through his cult of personality, Modi is fulfilling a century-old project, recasting India as a Hindu nation, in which minorities, particularly Muslims, live at the sufferance of the majority.
—Samanth Subramanian Vikas Adam Tanya Pérez Zachary Mouton, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2024
Now, André’s flirtations with jazz music are taking myself and others beyond his cult of personality and into a deeper appreciation for instrumentation.
—Ken Makin, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Apr. 2024
The tally, virtually unimaginable in any democratic nation, suggests that the Kremlin is now less focused on manufacturing a veneer of electoral legitimacy and more on creating a cult of personality around Putin as Russia’s undisputed national patriarch and leader for life.
—Catherine Belton, Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2024
Timothy H.j. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 20 June 2024
But Brat came at a moment when mainstream pop music is finally embracing more of the crunchy alt-pop sounds she’s been swimming in for the last decade, while Charli’s own cult of personality has grown to exponential proportions.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 18 June 2024
For many voters, however, Modi’s cult of personality had crossed the line into delusional hubris.
—Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Foreign Affairs, 14 June 2024
There’s a cult of personality around Liz that doesn’t quite make sense to me yet.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2024
By Jon Herskovitz and Soo-Hyang Choi / Bloomberg May 8, 2024 12:35 AM EDT
Kim Ki Nam, a propaganda mastermind who helped forge the cult of personality for the family dynasty that has ruled North Korea since its founding in the Cold War, has died at the age of 94.
—TIME, 8 May 2024
Through his cult of personality, Modi is fulfilling a century-old project, recasting India as a Hindu nation, in which minorities, particularly Muslims, live at the sufferance of the majority.
—Samanth Subramanian Vikas Adam Tanya Pérez Zachary Mouton, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2024
Now, André’s flirtations with jazz music are taking myself and others beyond his cult of personality and into a deeper appreciation for instrumentation.
—Ken Makin, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Apr. 2024
The tally, virtually unimaginable in any democratic nation, suggests that the Kremlin is now less focused on manufacturing a veneer of electoral legitimacy and more on creating a cult of personality around Putin as Russia’s undisputed national patriarch and leader for life.
—Catherine Belton, Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2024
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