OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 10674

cult

/kʌlt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
de culto
Enjoyed by a small, loyal group.
To a certain extent, the cult movie and the classic are opposites, appealing to vastly different audiences. Whereas a film can become an instant cult, and then forgotten, a film ca…
a cult horror movie
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📚 noun • entry_id 10673

cult

/kʌlt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
veneración
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
secta
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.
Werner Erhard's highly successful est cult is partly derived from Scientology. Erhard had some experience with Scientology in 1969. Then he worked for a while in Mind Dynamics, its…
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