cult
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- noun
- /kʌlt/
- Slur
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- After years of isolation, he finally escaped the cult that had controlled his life.
- a cult leader
- satanic cult
- religious cult
It's an anti life death cult is is how it seems.
- It's an anti life death cult is is how it seems.
- These people who leave those cults tend to join new cults.
- And this is how the cult arises.
- It's undeniable that the the death cult that is Hamas celebrates death.
- And you start a cult and you run a cult.
- It is a top down personality cult, which makes it dangerous.
- That's just a cult of the dead.
- Again, this is a common sort of cult leader pattern.
- They make you not trust the places that hold the cult leader accountable.
- B, I'm an atheist, CI hate cults, DI don't join clubs.
Examples
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And this is how the cult arises.
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In some cases, cults end in an absolute disaster.
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And because it's a cult, they will just follow him.
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These people are in a cult and there are millions of them.
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Again, this is a common sort of cult leader pattern.
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There are a lot of cults in America even today.
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I think that this place is some sort of cult, and we probably shouldn't eat anything.
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It is a top down personality cult, which makes it dangerous.
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Most say the geoglyphs tell of an ancient water cult that hoped to make the desert bloom.
Fiction book (1991) -
I knew he studied cults, though, so he's studied cult leaders.
Synonyms
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6.1
A small group that splits from a larger religious group because of different beliefs
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A small group that follows one leader or teaching and has strict, unusual beliefs and practices
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A small group inside a religion with different beliefs or practices
Compounds
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A small group that follows one leader or teaching and has strict, unusual beliefs and practices
- Literature
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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
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A group seen as extreme that strongly supports people who change or live as a different gender
How Devoted
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cult comes from the Latin cultus ('worship') and the verb colere ('to care for' or 'to cultivate'), the same root as culture and cultivate. A religious cult is a small group that 'cultivates' special worship and close loyalty, which is why the word often means a tight, sometimes strange, religious group.