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cultism

cultism noun: the system or practice of a cult.

Noun

cultism (countable and uncountable, plural cultisms)

  1. The system or practice of a cult.
    • Also keep in mind that the Democrats of today are part of a new woke cultism – They are not necessarily the same Democrats from 30 years ago.2023 June 2, Brandon Smith, “How To Solve Violence In The US? Remove Democrat Run Cities And Bring Back Asylums”, in Alt-Market.us
  2. Synonym of culteranismo.
    Synonyms:
    culteranismo
  3. learned borrowing.

Synonyms of cultism

Forms of cultism

pluralcultisms

Origin of cultism

From cult + -ism. The linguistic sense is from Spanish cultismo.

Words formed from cultism

Questions about cultism

What does cultism mean?
Cultism means the system or practice of a cult.
What part of speech is cultism?
Cultism is a noun.
What is the plural of cultism?
The plural of cultism is cultisms.

Words near cultism in the dictionary

  1. cultipacks
  2. cultirostral
  3. cultish
  4. cultishly
  5. cultishness
  6. cultism
  7. cultisms
  8. cultispecies
  9. cultist
  10. cultists
  11. cultivability

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