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单词 cults
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cult

noun

ˈkəlt How to pronounce cult (audio)
often attributive
1
: a religion regarded as unorthodox or spurious (see spurious sense 2)
also : its body of adherents
the voodoo cult
a satanic cult
2
a
: great devotion to a person, idea, object, movement, or work (such as a film or book)
criticizing how the media promotes the cult of celebrity
especially : such devotion regarded as a literary or intellectual fad
b
: the object of such devotion
c
: a usually small group of people characterized by such devotion
the singer's cult of fans
The film has a cult following.
3
: a system of religious beliefs and ritual
also : its body of adherents
the cult of Apollo
4
: formal religious veneration : worship
5
: a system for the cure of disease based on dogma set forth by its promulgator
health cults
cultic
ˈkəl-tik How to pronounce cult (audio)
adjective
cultish
ˈkəl-tish How to pronounce cult (audio)
adjective
cultishly
ˈkəl-tish-lē How to pronounce cult (audio)
adverb
cultishness
ˈkəl-tish-nəs How to pronounce cult (audio)
noun
cultism
ˈkəl-ˌti-zəm How to pronounce cult (audio)
noun
cultlike
ˈkəlt-ˌlīk How to pronounce cult (audio)
adjective

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The Overlap of Cults and Culture

Cult, which shares an origin with culture and cultivate, comes from the Latin cultus, a noun with meanings ranging from "tilling, cultivation" to "training or education" to "adoration." In English, cult has evolved a number of meanings following a fairly logical path. The earliest known uses of the word, recorded in the 17th century, broadly denoted "worship." From here cult came to refer to a specific branch of a religion or the rites and practices of that branch, as in "the cult of Dionysus." By the early 18th century, cult could refer to a non-religious admiration or devotion, such as to a person, idea, or fad ("the cult of success"). Finally, by the 19th century, the word came to be used of "a religion regarded as unorthodox or spurious."

Synonyms

  • audience
  • followership
  • following
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Example Sentences

She has developed a cult following. long after it had gone off the air, the TV series continued to have a huge cult
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Word History

Etymology

French & Latin; French culte, from Latin cultus care, adoration, from colere to cultivate — more at wheel

First Known Use

1613, in the meaning defined at sense 4

Medical Definition

cult

abbreviation

culture

cults

noun

plural of cult
as in religions
a body of beliefs and practices regarding the supernatural and the worship of one or more deities an ancient cult that centered on the worship of the earth as the source of all life

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • religions
  • sects
  • persuasions
  • faiths
  • creeds
  • denominations
  • theologies
  • credos
  • communions
  • churches
  • doctrines
  • paganisms
  • dogmas
  • monotheisms
  • polytheisms
  • dogmata
  • theisms
  • pantheisms
  • heathenisms
  • deisms

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • agnosticism
  • atheisms
  • secularisms
  • know-nothingisms
  • nonbeliefs
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