cult
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /kʌlt/
cult (plural cults)
- (chiefly, derogatory) A group or sect of people with a deviant religious, philosophical or cultural identity, often existing on the margins of society or exploitative towards its members.
- Oh my gosh, I'm in a repressive cult! How can I leave it?
- Devotion to a saint.
- The veneration and religious rites given to a deity, esp. in a historical polytheistic context.
- A religion that evolved out of another religion but has become a different religion through developing a radically different theology.
- (informal) A group of people having an obsession with or intense admiration for a particular activity, idea, person or thing.
- French: culte
- German: Kult, Kultus
- Italian: culto
- Portuguese: culto, veneração
- Russian: культ
- Spanish: veneración
cult (not comparable)
- Of or relating to a cult.
- Enjoyed by a small, loyal group.
- a cult horror movie
- Alternative form of kvlt.
- Portuguese: cultual
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