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

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North Korean officials wore pins with a portrait of Kim Jong Un in public for the first time in pictures released by state media on Sunday, the latest step in the development of a cult of personality about the leader. —Reuters, NBC News, 30 June 2024

North Korea operates under the state ideology of Juche, a quasi-communist worldview founded on a cult of personality and enthusiastic nationalism. —Timothy H.j. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 20 June 2024

But Brat came at a moment when mainstream pop music is finally embracing more of the crunchy alt-pop sounds she’s been swimming in for the last decade, while Charli’s own cult of personality has grown to exponential proportions. —Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 18 June 2024

For many voters, however, Modi’s cult of personality had crossed the line into delusional hubris. —Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Foreign Affairs, 14 June 2024