cult

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

cults

1.
(religion) The veneration, devotion, and religious rites given to a deity (especially in a historical polytheistic context), or (in a Christian context) to a saint; a subset of worship.
imperial cult
the cult of Mary
2.
(informal)A group of people having an obsession with or intense admiration for a particular activity, idea, person or thing.
the heavy metal cult
the cult of basketball
the guitarist's cult of loyal fans
the cult of celebrity
3.
(derogatory)(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.
Two former cult members explain the difficulties they had extricating themselves from it.

Tính từ

adjective

1.
(not comparable)Of or relating to a cult.
2.
(not comparable)Enjoyed by a small, loyal group.
a cult horror movie
3.
(alt of, alternative, neologism, not comparable)(neologism, music) Alternative form of kvlt.

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro French culte, from Latin cultus (care, adoration; cult), from colō (cultivate; protect).