personality cult

noun

: 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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DeSantis’ failure to appeal to even Republican primary voters — who tend to be the most right-leaning among Republicans generally — should raise questions about whether the GOP has any appeal to American voters at all, outside Trump’s strongman personality cult. —Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2024

None ever turned his political party into a personality cult. —Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2024

In a political party that has evolved into a personality cult, her apostasy resides in her refusal to worship its leader and in her defense of the Constitution. —David Remnick, The New Yorker, 10 Dec. 2023

The lack of serious crypto policy proposals from GOP presidential candidates is not surprising—after all, much of the party has come to resemble a personality cult devoted to little more than lib-baiting. —Jeff John Roberts, Fortune Crypto, 26 July 2023

The personality cult that encircles Tommy feels more sinister than in the original production. —Julia Jacobs, New York Times, 12 July 2023

Modi's critics claim he's changed India in toxic ways from cracking down on media dissent to fostering a political personality cult, from actively causing divisions in India's disparate communities to outright social media censorship. —Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 21 June 2023

Efforts to foster what some observers describe as a personality cult around Xi can be traced to his early days in power. —Time, 16 June 2023