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personality cult

personality cult is the alternative form of cult of personality.

Meaning of cult of personality

Noun

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.

Forms of personality cult

pluralpersonality cults

Questions about personality cult

What is personality cult the alternative form of?
Personality cult is the alternative form of cult of personality.

Words near personality cult in the dictionary

  1. personalists
  2. personalities
  3. personality
  4. personality clash
  5. personality clashes
  6. personality cult
  7. personality cults
  8. personality difficulties
  9. personality difficulty
  10. personality disorder
  11. personality disordered

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Adapted from Wiktionary: personality cult (page history and authors); cult of personality (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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