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cultish, a.|ˈkʌltɪʃ|
[f. cult n. + -ish; cf. G. kultisch.]
Of, pertaining to, or resembling a cult, esp. one regarded as eccentric or unorthodox. Hence ˈcultishness.
1926Scribner's Feb. 2 He takes the ‘cultish’ and high⁓brow qualities out. 1948K. Davis Human Soc. (1959) xx. 576 Chiropractic and naturopathy, offshoots of osteopathy, though much more backward and cultish. 1948Time 16 Feb. 72 The Foursquare Church is doing its best to evolve from cultishness. 1959Guardian 16 Oct. 10/3 Many will sympathise with Dr. Fromm's outspoken criticisms of the cultishness of the psychoanalytic movement. 1965W. Lamb Posture & Gesture viii. 106 They all had their development in Central Europe during the 1920s and 30s and are liable now to look cultish and dated. |