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cargo culting

cargo culting noun: an approach that copies an existing successful approach without properly analysing and understanding it.

Noun

cargo culting (uncountable)

  1. An approach that copies an existing successful approach without properly analysing and understanding it.

Origin of cargo culting

From cargo cult + -ing.

Questions about cargo culting

What does cargo culting mean?
Cargo culting means an approach that copies an existing successful approach without properly analysing and understanding it.
What part of speech is cargo culting?
Cargo culting is a noun.

Words near cargo culting in the dictionary

  1. cargo bins
  2. cargo container
  3. cargo containers
  4. cargo cult
  5. cargo cult science
  6. cargo culting
  7. cargo cults
  8. Cargo Fleet
  9. cargo hold
  10. cargo holds
  11. cargo jack

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