cultish
cultish adjective: resembling or characteristic of a cult.
Adjective
cultish (comparative more cultish, superlative most cultish)
- Resembling or characteristic of a cult.
- a cultish movement
- As anyone who lived through those times will recall, a lot of pointless farting around was unleashed in the name of electronic music, particularly once the likes of Leer, Robert Rental, and Daniel Miller scored a degree of cultish fandom with their earliest releases, and provoked their own surge of...2021, Dave Thompson, I Feel Love, page 194
Synonyms of cultish
Forms of cultish
| comparative | more cultish |
|---|---|
| superlative | most cultish |
Origin of cultish
From cult + -ish.
Words formed from cultish
Questions about cultish
- What does cultish mean?
- Cultish means resembling or characteristic of a cult.
- What part of speech is cultish?
- Cultish is an adjective.
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