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doomsday cult

doomsday cult noun: a cult that believes in apocalypticism and millenarianism.

Noun

doomsday cult (plural doomsday cults)

  1. A cult that believes in apocalypticism and millenarianism.
  2. (broadly) a group that has lost touch with reality.
    • This raised doubts about their competence and, indeed, their connection to reality; it’s never good when economists at major banks declare that a country’s ruling party has become a doomsday cult.2022 October 3, Paul Krugman, “How Liz Truss Did So Much Damage in So Few Days”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Forms of doomsday cult

pluraldoomsday cults

Origin of doomsday cult

Coined by American sociologist John Lofland in 1966 in his book Doomsday Cult: A Study of Conversion, Proselytization, and Maintenance of Faith

Questions about doomsday cult

What does doomsday cult mean?
Doomsday cult means a cult that believes in apocalypticism and millenarianism.
What part of speech is doomsday cult?
Doomsday cult is a noun.
What is the plural of doomsday cult?
The plural of doomsday cult is doomsday cults.

Words near doomsday cult in the dictionary

  1. doomsday argument
  2. doomsday bomb
  3. doomsday bombs
  4. Doomsday Book
  5. Doomsday Clock
  6. doomsday cult
  7. doomsday cults
  8. Doomsday Defense
  9. doomsday device
  10. doomsday devices
  11. doomsday event

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