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[[File:Backrdv12n2.jpg|thumb|A propaganda poster shows the cult of personality of [[Karl Marx]], [[Friedrich Engels]], [[Lenin]], and [[Stalin]]]]

[[File:Backrdv12n2.jpg|thumb|A propaganda poster shows the cult of personality of [[Karl Marx]], [[Friedrich Engels]], [[Lenin]], and [[Stalin]]]]

A '''cult of personality''' refers to a situation in which an individual, often a dictator of a country, uses [[propaganda]] and [[media]] tools excessively to create a strongly positive image of himself, often with unquestioning praise. People who have created a cult of personality include [[Kim Jong Il]], [[Mao Zedong]], [[Mustafa Kemal Atatürk]], [[Adolf Hitler]], [[Vladimir Lenin]], [[Joseph Stalin]], [[Saddam Hussein]], [[Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini]], and [[Fidel Castro]].  

A '''cult of personality''' refers to a situation in which the leader of a country, usually often a dictator, uses [[propaganda]] and [[media]] tools excessively to create a strongly positive image of himself, often with unquestioning praise. People who have created a cult of personality include [[Kim Jong Il]], [[Mao Zedong]], [[Mustafa Kemal Atatürk]], [[Adolf Hitler]], [[Vladimir Lenin]], [[Joseph Stalin]], [[Saddam Hussein]], [[Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini]], and [[Fidel Castro]].  

Whilst rarer in so-called "democratic societies", there are examples of a personality cult being built around certain western political leaders including [[John F. Kennedy]], [[Margaret Thatcher]], [[Ronald Reagan]], and most recently [[Barack Obama]] among liberals and [[Donald Trump]] among conservatives.

Whilst rarer in so-called "democratic societies", there are examples of a personality cult being built around certain western political leaders including [[John F. Kennedy]], [[Margaret Thatcher]], [[Ronald Reagan]], and most recently [[Barack Obama]] among liberals and [[Donald Trump]] among conservatives.