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While the phrase has been in use since the early 19th century, it was [[Trope Maker|first applied in a political sense]] by Karl Marx in 1877; it was further popularized by [[Nikita Khrushchev]] in 1956, in a speech he gave criticizing the near-deification of [[Josef Stalin]].
 
ItsIt bears mentioning that this does not have to be inherently evil, or even evil at all. It is entirely possible for this trope to be used for relatively benign or even beneficial purposes, especially if the figure being lionized in such a manner lived a life of virtue (whatever it involved may be) that the Cult of Personality was established to propagate and emulate. This doesn't prevent the trope from being perverted for less than honorable ends later on, but a[[Cult COPof Personality]] is not an "evil" trope by default.
 
Although we won't turn down Real World examples, why bother? [[Wikipedia]] already has a very comprehensive and detailed [[w:List of cults of personality|list of real-world cults of personality]].
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