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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culto a la personalidad (es); Жеке Басқа Табыну (kk-kz); Kultus personaliti (ms); جەكە باسقا تابىنۋ (kk-cn); Култ към личността (bg); Kişilik kültü (tr); 個人崇拜 (zh-hk); Kult osobnosti (sk); Культ особи (uk); 個人崇拜 (zh-hant); 个人崇拜 (zh-cn); 개인숭배 (ko); жеке басқа табыну (kk); kulto al personeco (eo); Култ на личноста (mk); ব্যক্তিত্বের অর্চনা (bn); culte de la personnalité (fr); Kult ličnosti (hr); Sùng bái cá nhân (vi); جەكە باسقا تابىنۋ (kk-arab); Jeke Basqa Tabınw (kk-latn); Култ личности (sr); 个人崇拜 (zh-sg); Жеке Басқа Табыну (kk-cyrl); Kò-jîn chông-pài (nan); Personkult (nb); کەس پەرستی (ckb); cult of personality (en); عبادة شخصية (ar); 個人崇拜 (yue); Személyi kultusz (hu); pertsonaganako kultu (eu); Cultu a la personalidá (ast); culte a la personalitat (ca); Personenkult (de); Стаг вазвар (ce); Kult i individit (sq); անձի պաշտամունք (hy); 个人崇拜 (zh); Personkult (da); 個人崇拝 (ja); פולחן אישיות (he); 个人崇拜 (wuu); Henkilöpalvonta (fi); culto della personalità (it); Isikukultus (et); 個人崇拜 (zh-tw); 个人崇拜 (zh-hans); Cult o personality (sco); culto de personalidade (pt); kult osobnosti (cs); Kult ličnosti (sr-el); Kult ličnosti (sh); Asmenybės kultas (lt); Jeke Basqa Tabınw (kk-tr); Kulto ng pagkatao (tl); ਸ਼ਖ਼ਸੀਅਤ ਪੂਜਾ (pa); Cultul personalității (ro); ลัทธิบูชาบุคคล (th); kult jednostki (pl); کیش شخصیت (fa); persoonsverheerlijking (nl); Култ личности (sr-ec); Personkult (sv); kultus individu (id); Культ асобы (be); Culto á personalidade (gl); культ личности (ru); Προσωπολατρία (el); культ асобы (be-tarask) adoración de un caudillo o líder (es); adulation d'un chef d'état dans un régime (fr); узьвялічваньне асобы, пераважна дзяржаўных кіраўнікоў, перш за ўсё дыктатараў (be-tarask); возвеличивание отдельной личности (как правило, государственного деятеля) (ru); Verehrung und Glorifizierung einer in der Regel noch lebenden Person (de); estratégia de propaganda política baseada na exaltação das virtudes do governante (pt); شیوه تبلیغاتی حاکمان دیکتاتور برای جذب طرفدار (fa); 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 (zh); liderlerin putlaştırılması (tr); Pemujaan terhadap seorang pemimpin (id); kult władcy lub przywódcy w imperialnym, autorytarnym autokratycznym, totalitarnym systemie władzy (pl); תדמית ש"מודבקת" על אדם מסויים (he); เกิดจากการใช้สื่อมวลชน การโฆษณาชวนเชื่อ หรือวิธีการอื่น (th); järjestelmä, jossa poliittinen johtaja nostetaan maan ideologiseksi sankariksi (fi); 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 (en); التمادي والتملق المفرط لرأس الدولة في النظام الشمولي (ar); белгілі бір адамды, көбінесе мемлекеттік қайраткерді, әсіре ұлықтау (kk); dyrkan av en levande eller död person, som oftast är en andlig eller politisk ledare (sv) Culto de personalidad, Culto a la persona, Culto de la personalidad (es); Culte de la personnalite, Culte du chef (fr); nortasunaren gurtza (eu); Culte a la persona (ca); Führerkult, Führermythos (de); Culto à personalidade, Culto da personalidade (pt); شخصیت پرستی, شخصیت‌پرستی (fa); 個人崇拜 (zh); Cultul personalităţii (ro); Persondyrkan (sv); kult władcy, kult przywódcy (pl); Personencultus, Persoonlijkheidscultus, Idool (nl); Pemujaan kepribadian (id); Poliittinen henkilökultti (fi); Culto á persoa, Culto da personalidade (gl); Kulto al la personeco (eo); personality cult (en); անհատի պաշտամունքից) (hy)

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"

Propaganda[edit]

Fascist Germany[edit]

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[edit]

"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)