"cult of personality" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cults of personality [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|cults of personality}} cult of personality (plural cults of personality)
  1. A situation where a leader (often a dictator) has been idolized and made into a national or group icon and is revered as a result. Categories (topical): Politics Synonyms: personality cult Translations (situation of being falsely idolized): عِبَادَة شَخْصِيَّة (ʕibāda šaḵṣiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), անձի պաշտամունք (anji paštamunkʻ) (Armenian), şəxsiyyətə pərəstiş (Azerbaijani), культ асо́бы (kulʹt asóby) [masculine] (Belarusian), culte a la personalitat [masculine] (Catalan), 個人崇拜 (Chinese Mandarin), 个人崇拜 (gèrén chóngbài) (Chinese Mandarin), personkult [common-gender] (Danish), personlighedskult [common-gender] (Danish), persoonlijkheidscultus [masculine] (Dutch), persoonscultus [masculine] (Dutch), persoonsverheerlijking [feminine] (Dutch), isikukultus (Estonian), henkilöpalvonta (Finnish), culte de la personnalité [masculine] (French), Personenkult [masculine] (German), פֻּלְחָן אִישִׁיּוּת (pulkhán isiyút) [masculine] (Hebrew), személyi kultusz (Hungarian), kultus individu (Indonesian), cultas pearsan [masculine] (Irish), culto della personalità [masculine] (Italian), 個人崇拝 (kojin sūhai) (alt: こじんすうはい) (Japanese), 개인숭배 (gaeinsungbae) (Korean), personības kults [masculine] (Latvian), asmenybės kultas [masculine] (Lithuanian), kulta şexsiyetek (Northern Kurdish), kult jednostki [masculine] (Polish), culto de personalidade [masculine] (Portuguese), culto da personalidade [masculine] (Portuguese), cultul personalității [neuter] (Romanian), культ ли́чности (kulʹt líčnosti) [masculine] (Russian), culto a la personalidad [masculine] (Spanish), personkult [common-gender] (Swedish), ลัทธิบูชาบุคคล (Thai), kişi kültü (Turkish), kişilik kültü (Turkish), культ осо́би (kulʹt osóby) [masculine] (Ukrainian), sùng bái cá nhân (Vietnamese)

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          "sense": "situation of being falsely idolized",
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          "sense": "situation of being falsely idolized",
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          "sense": "situation of being falsely idolized",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "situation of being falsely idolized",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "situation of being falsely idolized",
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          "word": "cultul personalității"
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          "roman": "kulʹt líčnosti",
          "sense": "situation of being falsely idolized",
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          "roman": "kulʹt osóby",
          "sense": "situation of being falsely idolized",
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      "sense": "situation of being falsely idolized",
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      "sense": "situation of being falsely idolized",
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      "sense": "situation of being falsely idolized",
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      "sense": "situation of being falsely idolized",
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      "sense": "situation of being falsely idolized",
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      "lang": "Hebrew",
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      "sense": "situation of being falsely idolized",
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      "sense": "situation of being falsely idolized",
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      "sense": "situation of being falsely idolized",
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      "sense": "situation of being falsely idolized",
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      "roman": "kojin sūhai",
      "sense": "situation of being falsely idolized",
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      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gaeinsungbae",
      "sense": "situation of being falsely idolized",
      "word": "개인숭배"
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      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "situation of being falsely idolized",
      "word": "kulta şexsiyetek"
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      "sense": "situation of being falsely idolized",
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      "word": "personības kults"
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      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "situation of being falsely idolized",
      "tags": [
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "situation of being falsely idolized",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "kult jednostki"
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      "sense": "situation of being falsely idolized",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "culto de personalidade"
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      "sense": "situation of being falsely idolized",
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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "situation of being falsely idolized",
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      "word": "cultul personalității"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kulʹt líčnosti",
      "sense": "situation of being falsely idolized",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "культ ли́чности"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "situation of being falsely idolized",
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      "sense": "situation of being falsely idolized",
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      "sense": "situation of being falsely idolized",
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      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "situation of being falsely idolized",
      "word": "kişi kültü"
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      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "situation of being falsely idolized",
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      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kulʹt osóby",
      "sense": "situation of being falsely idolized",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "культ осо́би"
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "situation of being falsely idolized",
      "word": "sùng bái cá nhân"
    }
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  "word": "cult of personality"
}

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