People argue about whether the major religions of the world are just well established cults that, age and size aside, they are no different from any group that follows a spiritual leader.
Attentive care; homage; worship.
Noun
an interest followed with exaggerated zeal; "he always follows the latest fads"; "it was all the rage that season"
Noun
a system of religious beliefs and rituals; "devoted to the cultus of the Blessed Virgin"
Noun
adherents of an exclusive system of religious beliefs and practices
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Attentive care; homage; worship.
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A system of religious belief and worship.
Cult
Every one is convinced of the reality of a better self, and of. thecult or homage which is due to it.2.
That which was the religion of Moses is the ceremonial or cult of the religion of Christ.
Attentive care; homage; worship.
Usage Examples
The cult of art gives pride one never has too much of it.
Being on Oprah? You realize that there are a couple of types of audience members. There are like the cult people in the audience who are just crying before she gets on. And then there are the people who are playing it cool. I definitely was somewhere in the middle.
The cult of the individual is killing us. I think Twitter signals the death of western civilisation, but people have been saying that since Demosthenes.
The best method for preventing destructive cult involvement is preventative education. If students and the public at large are more aware of destructive groups beforehand they may better understand and resist their recruitment efforts.
People under the influence of cults is similar to that we observe in addicts. Typical behaviour for both includes draining bank accounts, neglecting children, destroying relations with family and losing interest in anything except the drug or cult.
I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult.
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Other Usage ExamplesBeing a rock star is like being a cult leader - you really have to be in your own religion.
One person's religion is another person's cult.
A cult is a religion with no political power.
It's a bit odd that nobody seems to be using the correct technical term to describe organized Islamic terrorists. They are not a faction of a religion or a social movement. They are a cult. A suicide cult.
In some states militant nationalism has gone to the lengths of dictatorship, the cult of the absolute or totalitarian state and the glorification of war.
Men who care passionately for women attach themselves at least as much to the temple and to the accessories of the cult as to their goddess herself.
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