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The term "cult of personality" likely appeared in English around 1800–1850, along with the French and German versions of the term. [10] It initially had no political connotations, but was instead closely related to the Romanticist "cult of genius". [10]
The Hitler myth of an infallible multi-faceted genius with messianic and superhuman qualities approached deification. It was weaponized as a tool to unify the German people behind the personality, opinions, and goals of Hitler and was also insurance against the Nazi Party fragmenting into warring factions or a coup d'etat by the Wehrmacht.
The cult of personality primarily existed among the Soviet masses; there was no explicit manifestation of the cult among the members of the Politburo and other high-ranking Party officials. However, the fear of being marginalized made oppositionists sometimes hesitant to honestly express their viewpoints.
The personality cult that he developed portrayed him as a wise, modest and just leader of the country. This strategy of creating a cult of personality was continued by Hafez's son, Bashar al-Assad, until his overthrow in 2024. [191] [192] After the fall of the Assad regime, Various statues of the al-Assad family were destroyed.
The cult of personality was so strong that, according to Peter Schrijvers, "for the remainder of the war, German POWs would part with pictures of Rommel as reluctantly as GIs were eager to get them". [29] While Allied troops respected Rommel, civilians held the "widely accepted" negative image of Rommel's origin and his connection with the ...
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) condemned members of his own party for embracing a “cult of personality” around Hungary’s authoritarian leader Viktor Orbán Wednesday on the ...
Portraits of the country's leaders are ubiquitous in the totalitarian state, featured everywhere from domestic households to the subway to offices, as a core feature of the cult of personality ...
“I don’t prescribe to [a] cult of personality,” Musk said. But, he added that Trump demonstrated “great courage” after being shot by an attempted assassin on July 13, and that strength ...