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English

Etymology

From French culte, from Latin cultus (“care, adoration; cult”), from col? (“cultivate; protect”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?lt/
• Rhymes: -?lt

Noun

cult (plural cults)

1. (chiefly derogatory) A group, sect or movement following an unorthodox religious or philosophical system of beliefs, especially one in which members remove and exclude themselves from greater society, including family members not part of the cult, and show extreme devotion to a charismatic leader.
2. Devotion to a saint.

3. The veneration and religious rites given to a deity, esp. in a historical polytheistic context.

4. A religion that evolved out of another religion but has become a different religion through developing a radically different theology.
5. (informal) A group of people having an obsession with or intense admiration for a particular activity, idea, person or thing.

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

cult (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to a cult.
2. Enjoyed by a small, loyal group.

   a cult horror movie

3. Alternative form of kvlt.

Usage notes

The term has a positive connotation for groups of art, music, writing, fiction, and fashion devotees, but a negative connotation for new religious, extreme political, questionable therapeutic, and pyramidal business groups.

Translations

See also

• new religious movement
• sect

Anagrams

• CLUT, L cut

Friulian

Pronunciation

Noun

cult m (plural cults)

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Ladin

Pronunciation

Noun

cult m (plural cults)

1. cult, religion

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kylt/

Noun

cult m

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English cult. Doublet of culto.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?kuwt??/

Adjective

cult (invariable, comparable)

1. cult (enjoyed by a small, loyal group)

Romanian

Etymology

From French culte, from Latin cultus (“care, adoration; cult”), from col? (“cultivate; protect”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kult/

Noun

cult n (plural culte)

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Declension

Derived terms

• cultic

English

Alternative forms

• deprogramme

Etymology

de- +? program

Verb

deprogram (third-person singular simple present deprograms, present participle deprogramming or deprograming, simple past and past participle deprogrammed or deprogramed)

1. (transitive) To counteract the effects of previous programming or brainwashing, especially in an attempt to persuade (a person) to abandon allegiance to a cult.

Anagrams

• programed