cult
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From French culte, Latin cultus (“‘care, adoration’”), or colo, colere, colui, cultum (“‘to cultivate’”).
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[edit] Noun
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cult (plural cults)
- A group or doctrine with religious, philosophical or cultural identity sometimes viewed as a sect, often existent on the margins of society and/or exploitative towards its members.
- Devotion to a saint.
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[edit] Translations
a sect
devotion to a saint
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[edit] Adjective
cult (not comparable)
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[edit] Usage notes
The term has a positive connotation for groups of art, music, writing, fiction, and fashion devotees, but a negative connotation for new religious, extreme political, questionable therapeutic, and pyramidal business groups.
[edit] Translations
of, or relating to a cult
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