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subcult

subcult noun: a cult making up part of a larger cult.

Noun

subcult (plural subcults)

  1. A cult making up part of a larger cult.
    • There was a kind of ghostly teenage DNA at work in the Sprawl, something that carried the coded precepts of various short-lived subcults and replicated them at odd intervals.1984, William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl; book 1), New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 58
    • 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

Forms of subcult

pluralsubcults

Origin of subcult

From sub- + cult.

Questions about subcult

What does subcult mean?
Subcult means a cult making up part of a larger cult.
What part of speech is subcult?
Subcult is a noun.
What is the plural of subcult?
The plural of subcult is subcults.

Words near subcult in the dictionary

  1. subcuboidal
  2. subcucullate
  3. subcucullated
  4. subcuisine
  5. subcuisines
  6. subcult
  7. subcultivate
  8. subcultivated
  9. subcultivates
  10. subcultivating
  11. subcultivation

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