cult of personality

noun

a cult promoting adulation of a living national leader or public figure, as one encouraged by Stalin to extend his power.

Origin:
‡ 1965–70; translation of Russian kulʾt líchnosti

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cult of personality
noun
intense devotion to a particular person

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