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cultist
English
Etymology
cult +? -ist
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?lt?st/
Noun
cultist (plural cultists)
- A member of a cult.
Translations
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cult
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)
- (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.
- 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.
Derived terms
Translations
Adjective
cult (not comparable)
- Of or relating to a cult.
- Enjoyed by a small, loyal group.
- a cult horror movie
- 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)
- 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)
- 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
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