cult of personality

noun phrase

: a situation in which a public figure (such as a political leader) is deliberately presented to the people of a country as a great person who should be admired and loved

Examples of cult of personality in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Now after her dramatic ouster and flight into exile in India, the family cult of personality has ceded to raucous iconoclasm. —Simon Montlake, Christian Science Monitor, 16 May 2025

The text on the second slide is the Merriam-Webster definition for a cult of personality. —Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 9 Apr. 2025

Louis Vuitton’s recruitment of Pharrell Williams as its men’s creative director in 2023 also exemplified the cult of personality that has become part and parcel of fashion’s marketing mechanisms. —Footwear News, 5 May 2025

Instead, Tesla's market value has become a cult of personality, with investors irrationally valuing Musk's presence over actual business performance. —Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025

Rhymes for cult of personality

• confidentiality
• constitutionality
• immateriality
• individuality
• intellectuality
• intersectionality
• intertextuality
• referentiality
• superficiality
• territoriality
• abnormality
• cardinality