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personality cult — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms personality cult : singular personality cult plural personality cults the tendency to admire or respect a powerful person more than they deserve … English dictionary
personality cult — person ality .cult also cult of personality n a situation in which people are encouraged to admire and praise a famous person, especially a political leader used to show disapproval … Dictionary of contemporary English
personality cult — perso nality ,cult noun count the tendency to admire or respect a powerful person more than they deserve … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
personality cult — worship of a personality, excessive awe and adoration of a person (usually famous, i.e actor, politician, or spiritual leader) … English contemporary dictionary
personality cult — noun (C) the officially encouraged practice of giving too much admiration, praise, love etc to a political leader … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
personality cult — /pɜsəˈnæləti kʌlt/ (say persuh naluhtee kult) noun excessive adulation of an individual, especially a political leader …
On the Personality Cult and its Consequences — Communist Party of the Soviet Union History Organisation … Wikipedia
personality — late 14c., quality or fact of being a person, from M.L. personalitatem (nom. personalitas), from L. personalis (see PERSONAL (Cf. personal)). Sense of a distinctive character is first recorded 1795, from Fr. personnalité. Personality is the… … Etymology dictionary
Cult of personality — This article is about the political phenomenon. For the song by Living Colour, see Cult of Personality (song). A 1950s Chinese propaganda poster showing a happy family of five enjoying life under the image of Mao Zedong. The c … Wikipedia
cult of personality — noun intense devotion to a particular person (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑fashion * * * a cult promoting adulation of a living national leader or public figure, as one encouraged by Stalin to extend his power. [‡1965 70; trans. of Russ kul t… … Useful english dictionary
