Cult of personality

**cult of personality**
	use of techniques of mass media, propaganda, the arts, patriotism, and government-organized demonstrations to create an idealized, heroic, and worshipful image of a leader or person
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Partially coincident with	personalismo;
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<nowiki>culto a la personalidad; Жеке Басқа Табыну; Kultus personaliti; جەكە باسقا تابىنۋ; Култ към личността; Kişilik kültü; شخصیت پرستی; Kult osobnosti; Культ особи; Кеши шахсият; 个人崇拜; 개인숭배; жеке басқа табыну; kulto de personeco; kult osobnosti; ব্যক্তিত্বের অর্চনা; culte de la personnalité; Kult ličnosti; culto na personalidad; Sùng bái cá nhân; جەكە باسقا تابىنۋ; Jeke Basqa Tabınw; Култ личности; 个人崇拜; Жеке Басқа Табыну; Kò-jîn chông-pài; Personkult; Şəxsiyyətə pərəstiş; کەس پەرستی; cult of personality; عبادة شخصية; 個人崇拜; Jeke Basqa Tabınw; kulto sa personalidad; pertsonaganako kultu; kulto sa personalidad; culte a la personalitat; Personenkult; Стаг вазвар; Культ асобы; کیش شخصیت; 个人崇拜; Personkult; 個人崇拝; פולחן אישיות; 个人崇拜; Henkilöpalvonta; 個人崇拜; 个人崇拜; Cult o personality; தனிநபர் வழிபாடு; culto della personalità; personības kults; Kult ličnosti; Kult ličnosti; Isikukultus; ਸ਼ਖ਼ਸੀਅਤ ਪੂਜਾ; Cultul personalității; Култ на личноста; Култ личности; culto de personalidade; kultus individu; Personenkult; անձի պաշտամունք; культ личности; személyi kultusz; Asmenybės kultas; kult osebnosti; Kulto ng pagkatao; Kult i individit; kulto ëd personalidad; kulto sa personalidad; kult jednostki; Cultu a la personalidá; persoonsverheerlijking; 個人崇拜; ลัทธิบูชาบุคคล; культ асобы; Personkult; Culto á personalidade; 個人崇拜; Προσωπολατρία; kultu king personalidad; tecniche di propaganda per esaltare il leader di un regime; adulation d'un chef d'état dans un régime; узьвялічваньне асобы, пераважна дзяржаўных кіраўнікоў, перш за ўсё дыктатараў; возвеличивание отдельной личности (как правило, государственного деятеля); Verehrung und Glorifizierung einer in der Regel noch lebenden Person; estratégia de propaganda política baseada na exaltação das virtudes do governante; شیوه تبلیغاتی حاکمان دیکتاتور برای جذب طرفدار; 以大规模宣传手段将某个人在一个社群中塑造成崇拜对象; Bir liderin veya kişinin idealize edilmiş, kahramanca ve tapınılacak bir imajını yaratmak için kitle iletişim araçları, propaganda, sanat, vatanseverlik ve hükümet tarafından düzenlenen gösteri tekniklerinin kullanılması; 個人を対象に崇拝する政治的行為; เกิดจากการใช้สื่อมวลชน การโฆษณาชวนเชื่อ หรือวิธีการอื่น; dyrkan av en levande eller död person, som oftast är en andlig eller politisk ledare; kult władcy lub przywódcy w imperialnym, autorytarnym, autokratycznym, totalitarnym systemie władzy; סגידה למנהיג כמו לאל או כ"אבי האומה"; белгілі бір адамды, көбінесе мемлекеттік қайраткерді, әсіре ұлықтау; التمادي والتملق المفرط لرأس الدولة في النظام الشمولي; Pemujaan terhadap seorang pemimpin; järjestelmä, jossa poliittinen johtaja nostetaan maan ideologiseksi sankariksi; 개인을 대상으로 숭배하는 정치적 행위; use of techniques of mass media, propaganda, the arts, patriotism, and government-organized demonstrations to create an idealized, heroic, and worshipful image of a leader or person; adorado kaj glorigo de kutime ankoraŭ vivanta persono; uporaba tehnik množičnih medijev, propagande, umetnosti, patriotizma in vladnih demonstracij za ustvarjanje idealizirane, junaške in častitljive podobe voditelja ali osebe; adoración de un caudillo o líder; Culto de personalidad; Culto a la persona; Culto de la personalidad; Culte de la personnalite; Culte du chef; kulto kang personalidad; nortasunaren gurtza; Culte a la persona; Führerkult; Führermythos; Culto à personalidade; Culto da personalidade; شخصیت پرستی; شخصیت‌پرستی; 個人崇拜; Cultul personalităţii; Persondyrkan; kult władcy; kult przywódcy; Personencultus; Persoonlijkheidscultus; Idool; Pemujaan kepribadian; personality cult; անհատի պաշտամունքից); Poliittinen henkilökultti; Culto á persoa; Culto da personalidade; Kulto de la personeco; kişi kültü; kult voditelja</nowiki>

Historical totalitarian leaders
BJP PM candidate Narendra Modi prays in front of a statue of former politician Madan Mohan Malviya during a rally in Varanasi.
Soviet poster featuring Stalin, Soviet Azerbaijan, 1938
Chinese communists celebrate Joseph Stalin's seventieth birthday, 18 December 1949
Ho Chi Minh statue in front of the City Hall of Ho Chi Minh City (formerly known as Saigon) in Vietnam
Propaganda poster of Lenin and Stalin
North Korean poster featuring Kim Il-Sung
A monument with Mao Zedong's quote "不到长城非好汉"
People's Mujahedin of Iran members marching with pictures of Massoud and Maryam Rajavi

Propaganda

Fascist Germany

Adolf Hitler at the Nuremberg Rally in 1936
speech of Adolf Hitler in Vienna 1938
Propagandaminister Joseph Goebbels Sportpalast speech, Berlin, 18 February 1943. The banner says "TOTALER KRIEG – KÜRZESTER KRIEG" ("Total War – Shortest War")

Fascist Italy

"Kids, you have to love Benito Mussolini. He always works for the good of the Fatherland and the Italian people. You have heard this many times, from your dad, mom or teacher: If Italy is now far more powerful than before, we owe it to him." (1936 textbook)