Personality Cult - Longman Dictionary

English English English - Japanese English - Korean English - Spanish Japanese - English Spanish - English English English - Japanese English - Korean English - Spanish Japanese - English Spanish - English English 日本語 Español latino 한국어 personality cult From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Politicspersonality cultpersonˈality ˌcult (also cult of personality) noun [countable]    PPa situation in which people are encouraged to admire and praise a famous person, especially a political leader – used to show disapprovalExamples from the Corpuspersonality cult• But at no time is this conditioning of mild hysteria and personality cult a wholesome thing.• I don't agree with people who say it was just a leadership personality cult effort.• However, Nyerere was said to be personally opposed to this kind of personality cult, and eventually the policy was changed.• Propping up the world's most enduring dictator is a slavish personality cult, and rigid control of the nation.• The Sicilian tyrants did not, however, take the personality cult as far as the successors of Alexander.• Mr Koizumi is the centre of a virtual personality cult in his homeland, with support ratings of almost 90 %. Exercises Exercises

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