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• Since making its debut two years ago, the program has gained cult status.From the entry debut
• She got home and started wittering about some religious cult she’d just heard about.From the entry witter
• In her thesis paper, she explored the theme of technomagic among cargo cults.From the entry technomagic
• In the cult of degenerates, acts of decency, kindness and modesty could be seen as acts of apostasy.From the entry degenerate
• Still, its anarchic, making-it-up-as-they-go-along spirit could be why it has now attracted a cult following.2026 May 6, Nicholas Barber, “'A glorious shambles': The Bruce Willis flop that became a cult hit”, in BBC, archived from the original on…. From the entry make it up as one goes along
• The IPCC is the “ultimate cult body” (C13) proselytising its “doctrine” (L22).2020 spring, Lise Benoist, “Green is the new brown – Ecology in the metapolitics of the French far right today”, master’s thesis. From the entry Thunbergian
• She said: 'This is the peak of the whatsapp mother's cult.2020 March 25, Harriet Johnston, “Woman reveals her mother has placed a raw ONION in the corner of every room in the house in a bizarre…. From the entry unable to can
• The question is: What does that make the MAGA-land cult members who still champion this malignant narcissist?2020 August 23, Jeremiah O’Leary Jr., “We must vote Trump out of office”, in Staten Island Sunday Advance, Staten Island, N.Y., →OCLC…. From the entry MAGA-land
• “You don’t want to be in a cargo cult type thing.”2019 May 2, Nellie Bowles, “Jack Dorsey Is Gwyneth Paltrow for Silicon Valley”, in New York Times. From the entry cargo cult
• The other main storyline is of Madi, who has now been taken slave by Wonkru’s cult.2018 June 7, Christine Cenon, “‘The 100’ 5.06 Recap and Review: Exit Wounds”, in FanBolt. From the entry take slave
• Glossier was founded by Emily Weiss and has developed a cult following.2017 November 27, Ahiza Garcia, “How these Millennials are fighting for your holiday dollars”, in CNN Money, archived from the original on…. From the entry EMILY
• Detractors call it a cult of charisma, but the Humanists themselves use aretocracy, rule by excellence.2016, Ada Palmer, Too Like the Lightning, →ISBN, page 150. From the entry aretocracy
• Call it what you will—a Sanderista cult, a brand, a following—Vermonters responded to Sanders.2015, Harry Jaffe, Why Bernie Sanders Matters. From the entry Sanderista
• Benefit’s cult product Benetint is the lip stain most widely associated with Popsicle lips.2014 July 22, Kathleen Hou, “How to Get Summery, Popsicle-Stained Lips”, in The Cut, New York, N.Y.: Vox Media, →OCLC, archived from the…. From the entry flush
• Ferrar did not rule as a tyrant, nor was he the pseudomessiah of a cult.2013, Frank N. Magill, editor, The 17th and 18th Centuries: Dictionary of World Biography, page 463. From the entry pseudomessiah
• As cult leaders go, Rajneesh was straight out of central casting.2013, Linda Clark, "The Bhagwan's 93 Rolls-Royces", in Keith Martin, Strange but True Tales of Car Collecting: Drowned Bugattis, Buried…. From the entry out of central casting
• The supposedly uniconic cult of the public hearth was (and was regarded by the Romans) as archaic.2010, Nathan Rosenstein, Robert Morstein-Marx, editors, A Companion to the Roman Republic, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 231. From the entry uniconic
• Christianity, not Islam, was the first of the Abrahamic cults to come to the Sudan.2009, Stig Jarle Hansen, Atle Mesøy, Tuncay Kardas, The Borders of Islam, →ISBN, page 158. From the entry Abrahamic
• Gnosticism and Marcionism offered two possible futures for the Jesus cult.2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 127. From the entry Marcionism
• With a loyal core investor following, cult stocks inherently trade at a premium.2008, Thomas J. Lauria, Investor Relations, page 52. From the entry cult stock
• Bizarro is literature's equivalent to the cult section at the video store.2006, Carlton Mellick, Jeremy Robert Johnson, The Bizarro Starter Kit: An Introduction to the Bizarro Genre, →ISBN. From the entry bizarro
• Soon she acquired a cult following after appearing in a string of low-budget Roger Corman schlockers.2006, SPIN, volume 22, number 4. From the entry schlocker
• The Rajneeshee cult was founded by an Indian guru named Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh.2005, James R. Swearengen, Biodefense: Research Methodology and Animal Models, CRC, →ISBN, page 9. From the entry Rajneeshee
• But you say that as if it’s a religious cult or something.”2005, Roz Bailey, Girls’ Night Out, Kensington Publishing Corporation, →ISBN, page 23. From the entry paparazza
• The FBI had already had a brush with a cult group's hostile use of a pathogen.2004, Jeanne Guillemin, Biological Weapons: From the Invention of State-Sponsored Programs to Contemporary Bioterrorism, Columbia…. From the entry Rajneeshee
• Cult TV shows draw some satellite owners to wildfeeds, sporting events draw others.2003 January 22, Catherine Dawson March, “Buffy unwrapped before her time”, in The Globe and Mail. From the entry wildfeed
• The cult of the footage is rife with subcults, claiming every possible influence.2003, William Gibson, Pattern Recognition (Bigend cycle; book 1), New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, page 4. From the entry subcult
• By turning over all their possessions, members were making an irreversible commitment to the cult.2001, Kenneth S. Bordens, Irwin A. Horowitz, Social Psychology, Lawrence Erlbaum, →ISBN, page 223. From the entry cognitive dissonance
• In other words, to a large extent, cult members persuade themselves.2001, Kenneth S. Bordens, Irwin A. Horowitz, Social Psychology, Lawrence Erlbaum, →ISBN, page 223. From the entry cognitive dissonance
• The cybercult is a cult of the absolute speed of electromagnetic waves which convey information.1997, J Peter Burgess, Cultural politics and political culture in postmodern Europe. From the entry cybercult
• The hypothesis that the cult center was in some such place would explain why it was altarless.1990, Norman Oliver Brown, Hermes the Thief: The Evolution of a Myth, page 117. From the entry altarless

Meaning of cult

1. noun The veneration, devotion, and religious rites given to a deity (especially in a historical polytheistic context), or (in a Christian context) to a saint; a subset of worship.
2. noun A group of people having an obsession with or intense admiration for a particular activity, idea, person or thing.
3. noun A group, sect or movement following an unorthodox religious or philosophical system of beliefs, especially one in which members remove and exclude themselves from greater society, including family members not part of the cult, and show extreme devotion to a charismatic leader.

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How do you use cult in a sentence?

Cult is used as a noun and adjective. For example: “Since making its debut two years ago, the program has gained cult status.”

What is a short sentence with cult?

“a cult horror movie”

What does cult mean?

Cult means the veneration, devotion, and religious rites given to a deity (especially in a historical polytheistic context), or (in a Christian context) to a saint; a subset of worship.