Phrase guide

cult of personality

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 2

intense devotion to a particular person

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: fashion

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Across languages

Translations

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: عِبَادَة شَخْصِيَّة (ʕibāda šaḵṣiyya) — situation of being falsely idolized
  • Armenian: անձի պաշտամունք (anji paštamunkʻ) — situation of being falsely idolized
  • Azerbaijani: şəxsiyyətə pərəstiş — situation of being falsely idolized
  • Belarusian: культ асо́бы (kulʹt asóby) — situation of being falsely idolized
  • Catalan: culte a la personalitat — situation of being falsely idolized
  • Chinese Mandarin: 個人崇拜 /个人崇拜 (gèrén chóngbài) — situation of being falsely idolized
  • Danish: personkult — situation of being falsely idolized
  • Danish: personlighedskult — situation of being falsely idolized
  • Dutch: persoonlijkheidscultus — situation of being falsely idolized
  • Dutch: persoonscultus — situation of being falsely idolized
  • Dutch: persoonsverheerlijking — situation of being falsely idolized
  • Estonian: isikukultus — situation of being falsely idolized
  • Finnish: henkilöpalvonta — situation of being falsely idolized
  • French: culte de la personnalité — situation of being falsely idolized
  • German: Personenkult — situation of being falsely idolized
  • Hebrew: פֻּלְחָן אִישִׁיּוּת (pulkhán isiyút) — situation of being falsely idolized
  • Hungarian: személyi kultusz — situation of being falsely idolized
  • Indonesian: kultus individu — situation of being falsely idolized
  • Irish: cultas pearsan — situation of being falsely idolized
  • Italian: culto della personalità — situation of being falsely idolized
  • Japanese: 個人崇拝 (kojin sūhai) — situation of being falsely idolized
  • Korean: 개인숭배 (gaeinsungbae) — situation of being falsely idolized
  • Northern Kurdish: kulta şexsiyetek — situation of being falsely idolized
  • Latvian: personības kults — situation of being falsely idolized
  • Lithuanian: asmenybės kultas — situation of being falsely idolized
  • Polish: kult jednostki — situation of being falsely idolized
  • Portuguese: culto de personalidade — situation of being falsely idolized
  • Portuguese: culto da personalidade — situation of being falsely idolized
  • Romanian: cultul personalității — situation of being falsely idolized
  • Russian: культ ли́чности (kulʹt líčnosti) — situation of being falsely idolized
  • Spanish: culto a la personalidad — situation of being falsely idolized
  • Swedish: personkult — situation of being falsely idolized
  • Thai: ลัทธิบูชาบุคคล — situation of being falsely idolized
  • Turkish: kişi kültü — situation of being falsely idolized
  • Turkish: kişilik kültü — situation of being falsely idolized
  • Ukrainian: культ осо́би (kulʹt osóby) — situation of being falsely idolized
  • Vietnamese: sùng bái cá nhân — situation of being falsely idolized