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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024cult /kʌlt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Religiona system of worship, esp. with reference to its rites and ceremonies:the cult of devil worship.
- Religiona system of devotion to a person, ideal, fad, etc.:the cult of the Beatles in the 1960's.
- Religionthe members of such a system:The cult promised revenge for putting its leader in jail.
adj. [before a noun] - of or relating to a cult:a cult movie; She was a cult figure (= A cult was devoted to her).
cult•ism, n. [uncountable]cult•ist, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cult (kult),USA pronunciation n. - Religiona particular system of religious worship, esp. with reference to its rites and ceremonies.
- Religionan instance of great veneration of a person, ideal, or thing, esp. as manifested by a body of admirers:the physical fitness cult.
- Religionthe object of such devotion.
- Religiona group or sect bound together by veneration of the same thing, person, ideal, etc.
- Sociologya group having a sacred ideology and a set of rites centering around their sacred symbols.
- Religiona religion or sect considered to be false, unorthodox, or extremist, with members often living outside of conventional society under the direction of a charismatic leader.
- Religionthe members of such a religion or sect.
- any system for treating human sickness that originated by a person usually claiming to have sole insight into the nature of disease, and that employs methods regarded as unorthodox or unscientific.
adj. - of or pertaining to a cult.
- of, for, or attracting a small group of devotees:a cult movie.
- Latin cultus habitation, tilling, refinement, worship, equivalent. to cul-, variant stem of colere to inhabit, till, worship + -tus suffix of verb, verbal action
- 1610–20;
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: cult /kʌlt/ n - a specific system of religious worship, esp with reference to its rites and deity
- a sect devoted to such a system
- a quasi-religious organization using devious psychological techniques to gain and control adherents
- intense interest in and devotion to a person, idea, or activity
- the person, idea, etc, arousing such devotion
- something regarded as fashionable or significant by a particular group
- (modifier) of, relating to, or characteristic of a cult or cults: a cult figure
Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin cultus cultivation, refinement, from colere to tillˈcultism n ˈcultist n |