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单词 cargo cult
释义

cargo cult

noun

: any of various Melanesian religious groups characterized by the belief that material wealth (such as money or manufactured goods) can be obtained through ritual worship

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The attempts to re-use the anti-Soviet playbook have the flavor of a cargo cult. Steve Larkin, The Week, 22 Mar. 2022 So far, Neom is less a city than an urbanist cargo cult. Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2022

Word History

First Known Use

1949, in the meaning defined above

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