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cargo cults

cargo cults is the plural of cargo cult.

Meaning of cargo cult

Noun

cargo cult (plural cargo cults)

  1. Any of several religious movements among the people of Melanesia that anticipate the arrival of material cargo or cultural restoration, typically through the ritual imitation of the activities of colonial or technological cultures.
  2. (also, attributive, figuratively) Any of several philosophies, practices or pseudosciences that are not rooted in experiment, often characterized by an unreflected and ritualistic approach.
    • cargo cult science

Questions about cargo cults

What is cargo cults the plural of?
Cargo cults is the plural of cargo cult.

Words near cargo cults in the dictionary

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

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