decult
decult verb: to dissuade (someone) or to become dissuaded from believing in a cult.
Verb
decult (third-person singular simple present decults, present participle deculting, simple past and past participle deculted)
- To dissuade (someone) or to become dissuaded from believing in a cult.
- This is a long and crazy process being deculted but some day you will look back and think how could I have ever believed that junk.2003 February 21, Terryk, “Think Billy Graham Secretly Keeps the Sabbath?”, in Former Adventist Fellowship Forum
- Finally, two El Shaddai healers associated with a local chapter are well known in the community for healing, exorcism, deculting, and counseling .2004, Katharine L. Wiegele, Investing in Miracles, page 118
Examples of decult in a sentence
- However, brother dear has set up some kind of 'deculting' process in some outskirts home.2016, George Zoebl, It's Just My Nature, page 172:
- "So how, pray tell, did you decult?" She took a sip.2020, Kristy Woodson Harvey, Feels Like Falling, page 311:
Forms of decult
| third-person singular present | decults |
|---|---|
| present participle | deculting |
| past participle | deculted |
| past | deculted |
Origin of decult
From de- + cult.
Questions about decult
- What does decult mean?
- Decult means to dissuade (someone) or to become dissuaded from believing in a cult.
- How do you use decult in a sentence?
- However, brother dear has set up some kind of 'deculting' process in some outskirts home.
- What part of speech is decult?
- Decult is a verb.
- What is the past tense of decult?
- The past tense of decult is deculted.
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