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cultlike

cultlike adjective: resembling a cult.

Adjective

cultlike (comparative more cultlike, superlative most cultlike)

  1. Resembling a cult.
    • Harley has a global, nearly cultlike following, but has had a tough time finding buyers for its expensive wheels[…].2009 February 4, Aliza Rosenbaum, Edward Hadas, “Buffett Pays Low for Another Icon”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022
    • […] Mr. Kurz and a small cabal of allies with cultlike devotion to him paid off one of Austria’s biggest tabloids to ensure favorable news coverage.2021 October 17, Katrin Bennhold, “Fake Polls and Tabloid Coverage on Demand: The Dark Side of Sebastian Kurz”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 17 Oct 2021
    Synonyms:
    cultish, culty

Synonyms of cultlike

Forms of cultlike

comparativemore cultlike
superlativemost cultlike
alternative formcult-like

Origin of cultlike

From cult + -like.

Questions about cultlike

What does cultlike mean?
Cultlike means resembling a cult.
What part of speech is cultlike?
Cultlike is an adjective.

Words near cultlike in the dictionary

  1. cultivations
  2. cultivator
  3. cultivators
  4. cultivatorship
  5. cultivatorships
  6. cultlike
  7. Culton
  8. Cultons
  9. cultorist
  10. cultorists
  11. Cultra

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