cult of personality


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

Origin of cult of personality

1
Probably earlier than 1965–70; translation of Russian kulʾt líchnosti

Words Nearby cult of personality

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