Definitions for cult of personality
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1. cult of personalitynoun

   intense devotion to a particular person

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1. cult of personalitynoun

   A situation where a leader (often a dictator) has been falsely idolized and made into a national or group icon and is revered as a result.

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1. Cult of personality

   A cult of personality, or a cult of the leader, is the result of an effort which is made to create an idealized and heroic image of a leader by a government, often through unquestioning flattery and praise. Historically, it has developed through techniques of mass media, propaganda, fake news, spectacle, the arts, patriotism, and government-organized demonstrations and rallies. A cult of personality is similar to apotheosis, except that it is established by modern social engineering techniques, usually by the state or the party in one-party states and dominant-party states. A cult of personality often accompanies the leader of a totalitarian or authoritarian countries. It can also be seen in some monarchies, theocracies, failed democracies and even in liberal democracies.

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1. cult of personality

   A cult of personality refers to a situation where a political leader or public figure creates a deliberately idealized and heroic public image. This image is often promoted through mass media and propaganda to garner public admiration, adulation, and fanaticism that often goes beyond normal levels of respect. Often associated with authoritarian and totalitarian regimes, a cult of personality can obfuscate the leader's flaws, abuses, or dictatorial behavior.

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1. Cult of personality

   A cult of personality arises when an individual uses mass media, propaganda, or other methods, to create an idealized, heroic, and, at times god-like public image, often through unquestioning flattery and praise. Sociologist Max Weber developed a tripartite classification of authority; the cult of personality holds parallels with what Weber defined as "charismatic authority". A cult of personality is similar to hero worship, except that it is established by mass media and propaganda.

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How to pronounce cult of personality?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Neerja

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of cult of personality in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of cult of personality in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of cult of personality in a Sentence

1. Christopher Trzaska:

   Donald Trump is destructive to Democracy, from our perspective... I'm referring to this election specifically, and getting a message out there that young people do not have to fall into the dichotomy of hard core Democrat leftism that often happens on college campuses, nor do they have to fall into the Donald Trump cult of personality trap that is also seen on college campuses.

2. Michael Hayden:

   Let's run the clock back to 1933, which is really what I was trying to address, and in 1933, what did we see in Germany ? A cult of personality, a cult of nationalism, a cult of grievance, a press operation that looked like and was the ministry of propaganda and then the punishing of marginalized groups.

3. Steve Schmidt:

   And if theres only one thing thats worse for democracy than one cult of personality in the country, I would argue maybe its two.

4. Ahn Chan-il:

   Kim Jong Un wants to break away from the past, as well as the Norths traditional cult of personality, he wants to come across and brand himself as a leader who is modern and competent, rather than a descendant of his predecessors.

5. Willy Lam:

   The cult of personality around Xi is being built at full throttle, and Xi himself is responsible for this, it's getting to ridiculous levels.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=cult of personality
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Cult_of_Personality
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_of_Personality
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=cult of personality