cult
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5.8
- noun
- /kʌlt/
- Many movies develop a cult following, especially when they have a devoted group of fans who love them.
- personality cult
- cult of domesticity
- cult of beauty
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Watch on YouTubeLike if she creates A cult following man.
- Like if she creates A cult following man.
- Most importantly, we started our own cult on Patreon.
- I was raised in that cult, the Lord of the Rings cult.
- They have this ludicrous climate change cult that is completely captivated.
- In fact, it originally comes from a wonderful, weird cult movie called Dungeon Master.
- You're following basically a few different kind of cult modern cults.
- Don't become like a cult, like don't just like me.
- I know I became this cult thing, you know, And thank you.
Examples
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It has a cult fan club that helps feed this thing?
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America was the center of the cult of celebrity, and name recognition was everything.
Fiction book (1994) -
And we read that the cult will never die.
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You heard of some sort of cult around here?
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Like if you want to start a cult, I'll be your first member.
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His fan club's like a cult.
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Most importantly, we started our own cult on Patreon.
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Zar may be best known as a healing cult, but it also meets a wide range of other needs.
Academic text (1995) -
In recent years, a veritable cult has developed around Zora Neale Hurston.
Academic text (1992) -
I'm the Patreon subscriber and a proud cult member of TK Coleman.
Synonyms
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3.5
A popular style or activity for a short time
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4.2
A short time when many people like the same thing
Compounds
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7.4
A small group that follows one leader or teaching and has strict, unusual beliefs and practices
- Literature
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7.6
A situation where many people admire and support a leader without question
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9.9
A religious movement in the South Pacific where people believe goods will arrive by spiritual means and copy Western actions
- Slur
A group seen as extreme that strongly supports people who change or live as a different gender
How Enthusiastic
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cult comes from the Latin cultus ('care' or 'worship') and shares the same root as cultivate ('to tend or grow'). Think of a small garden someone cares for carefully — a cult can be a group that 'tends' a strong interest with great devotion, so the word is used for very devoted fan groups.