personality cult
Britishnoun
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Their valuations are reasonable, with the exception of Tesla, which is no longer a stock but a personality cult or a lottery ticket trading at probably six times an aggressive sum-of-the-parts analysis.
From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 2026
James is younger and gentler, horrified by the thought of joining his father’s personality cult but lacking other prospects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
In a memoir published this year, Mr Tae wrote about the excesses of the North Korean elite and the depths of the personality cult built around the Kims.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2024
At its core, the personality cult is bound together by emotions and passions and desires and ideation for the Great Leader and the Movement and not reason and intellect.
From Salon ● May 10, 2023
It did foster and encourage a personality cult, akin to the "Fuhrerprinzip" -but it derived its legitimacy, conservatively, from the Church and from the electorate.
From Russian Roulette: Russia's Economy in Putin's Era by Vaknin, Samuel
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