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n. A religion or religious sect generally considered to be extremist or false, with its followers often living in an unconventional manner under the guidance of an authoritarian, charismatic leader.

n. The followers of such a religion or sect.

n. A system or community of religious worship and ritual.

n. The formal means of expressing religious reverence; religious ceremony and ritual.

n. A usually nonscientific method or regimen claimed by its originator to have exclusive or exceptional power in curing a particular disease.

n. Obsessive, especially faddish, devotion to or veneration for a person, principle, or thing.

n. The object of such devotion.

n. An exclusive group of persons sharing an esoteric, usually artistic or intellectual interest.

n. A group of people with a religious, philosophical or cultural identity sometimes viewed as a sect, often existing on the margins of society or exploitative towards its members.

n. Devotion to a saint.

adj. Of, or relating to a cult.

adj. Enjoyed by a small, loyal group.

n. Attentive care; homage; worship.

n. A system of religious belief and worship.

n. A system of intense religious veneration of a particular person, idea, or object, especially one considered spurious or irrational by traditional religious bodies.

n. The group of individuals who adhere to a cult (senses 2 or 3).

n. A strong devotion or interest in a particular person, idea or thing without religious associations, or the people holding such an interest.

n. Homage; worship; by extension, devoted attention to or veneration for a particular person or thing: as, the Shaksperian cult.

n. A system of religious belief and worship; especially, the rites and ceremonies employed in worship. Also cultus.

n. A subject of devoted attention or study; that in which one is earnestly or absorbingly interested.

n. followers of an exclusive system of religious beliefs and practices

n. followers of an unorthodox, extremist, or false religion or sect who often live outside of conventional society under the direction of a charismatic leader

n. a system of religious beliefs and rituals

n. a religion or sect that is generally considered to be unorthodox, extremist, or false

n. an interest followed with exaggerated zeal

"To use the term cult too casually risks tarring the merely unconventional, for which America has long been a safe harbor."

religion    faith    religious belief    fashion   

devotion    rite    homage    sect   

cargo cult    cultist    cultic    cult-like   

homage    worship   

adult    bult    consult    exult    insult    occult    result   

sect    worship    ritual    myth    creed    deity    tradition    superstition    symbol    theology