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ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Adj
Pronunciation: /kʌlt/

Definition 1:
• Of or relating to a cult.
Labels: not-comparable

Definition 2:
• Enjoyed by a small, loyal group.
Example: a cult horror movie
Labels: not-comparable

Definition 3:
• Alternative form of kvlt.
Labels: entertainment, lifestyle, music, alt-of, alternative, neologism, not-comparable
Noun
Pronunciation: /kʌlt/

Definition 1:
• 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.
Example: imperial cult
Example: the cult of Mary
Labels: lifestyle, religion

Definition 2:
• A group of people having an obsession with or intense admiration for a particular activity, idea, person or thing.
Example: the heavy metal cult
Example: the cult of basketball
Example: the guitarist's cult of loyal fans
Example: the cult of celebrity
Labels: informal

Definition 3:
• 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.
Example: Two former cult members explain the difficulties they had extricating themselves from it.
Labels: derogatory

Source and attribution
Wiktionary contributors, via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Derived from Wiktionary; CC BY-SA and GFDL terms apply. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cult