personality cult

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noun

deliberately cultivated adulation of a person, esp a political leader

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His boss, whom he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

His boss, who he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

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Words nearby personality cult

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How to use personality cult in a sentence

Its personality cult, rigid conformity and fire-breathing rhetoric notwithstanding, North Korea is not a monolith.
He's Not the Crazy One|Mike Chinoy|July 13, 2009|DAILY BEAST
These "new religion-personality cult-purges" cycles were not absent from the Velvet Revolution.
After the Rain|Sam Vaknin
Chervenkov, in the post-Stalin period, was openly charged with supporting the personality cult policies of Stalin.
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