nieuwe religieuze beweging
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Calque of English new religious movement.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nieuwe religieuze beweging f (plural nieuwe religieuze bewegingen)
- new religious movement (marginal and relatively novel religious movement)
Usage notes
[edit]- This is a scholarly and more neutral term for what is popularly and pejoratively known as a sekte (“cult”). The term may be unclear to non-specialists who are liable to analyse it as a sum of parts.