personality cult
Britishnoun
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Stalin’s death in 1953 sparked a succession fight and ultimately a process of “de-Stalinization” that dismantled his personality cult and program of mass terror.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 5, 2026
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
That decidedly does not mean turning the party into a personality cult.
From Salon • Nov. 21, 2024
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
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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