Meanings
nouncult of personality (plural cults of personality)
plural cults of personality · alternative personality cult
- 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.
Translations
Arabic عِبَادَة شَخْصِيَّة
- عِبَادَة شَخْصِيَّة (ʕibāda šaḵṣiyya)situation of being falsely idolized
Catalan culte a la personalitat
- culte a la personalitatsituation of being falsely idolized
Chinese Mandarin 個人崇拜 /个人崇拜
- 個人崇拜 /个人崇拜 (gèrén chóngbài)situation of being falsely idolized
Danish personkult, personlighedskult
- personkultsituation of being falsely idolized
- personlighedskultsituation of being falsely idolized
Dutch persoonlijkheidscultus, persoonscultus
- persoonlijkheidscultussituation of being falsely idolized
- persoonscultussituation of being falsely idolized
- persoonsverheerlijkingsituation of being falsely idolized
Estonian isikukultus
- isikukultussituation of being falsely idolized
Finnish henkilöpalvonta
- henkilöpalvontasituation of being falsely idolized
French culte de la personnalité
- culte de la personnalitésituation of being falsely idolized
German Personenkult
- Personenkultsituation of being falsely idolized
Hebrew פֻּלְחָן אִישִׁיּוּת
- פֻּלְחָן אִישִׁיּוּת (pulkhán isiyút)situation of being falsely idolized
Hungarian személyi kultusz
- személyi kultuszsituation of being falsely idolized
Indonesian kultus individu
- kultus individusituation of being falsely idolized
Irish cultas pearsan
- cultas pearsansituation of being falsely idolized
Italian culto della personalità
- culto della personalitàsituation of being falsely idolized
Japanese 個人崇拝
- 個人崇拝 (kojin sūhai)situation of being falsely idolized
Korean 개인숭배
- 개인숭배 (gaeinsungbae)situation of being falsely idolized
Latvian personības kults
- personības kultssituation of being falsely idolized
Lithuanian asmenybės kultas
- asmenybės kultassituation of being falsely idolized
Polish kult jednostki
- kult jednostkisituation of being falsely idolized
Portuguese culto de personalidade, culto da personalidade
- culto de personalidadesituation of being falsely idolized
- culto da personalidadesituation of being falsely idolized
Romanian cultul personalității
- cultul personalitățiisituation of being falsely idolized
Russian культ ли́чности
- культ ли́чности (kulʹt líčnosti)situation of being falsely idolized
Spanish culto a la personalidad
- culto a la personalidadsituation of being falsely idolized
Swedish personkult
- personkultsituation of being falsely idolized
Thai ลัทธิบูชาบุคคล
- ลัทธิบูชาบุคคลsituation of being falsely idolized
Turkish kişi kültü, kişilik kültü
- kişi kültüsituation of being falsely idolized
- kişilik kültüsituation of being falsely idolized
Ukrainian культ осо́би
- культ осо́би (kulʹt osóby)situation of being falsely idolized
Vietnamese sùng bái cá nhân
- sùng bái cá nhânsituation of being falsely idolized
Cite this entry
APA
cult of personality. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cult%20of%20personality
MLA
“cult of personality.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cult%20of%20personality. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cult of personality,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cult%20of%20personality.
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