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as in audience
a group of people showing intense devotion to a cause, person, or work (as a film)
long after it had gone off the air, the TV series continued to have a huge cult
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as in religion
a body of beliefs and practices regarding the supernatural and the worship of one or more deities
an ancient cult that centered on the worship of the earth as the source of all life
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Perrie Samotin, Glamour, 31 Mar. 2025
Melissa tells Shauna that, after learning about adult Natalie’s death on the grounds of Lottie’s doomed cult, she became consumed with guilt and paranoia; after all, her own wife doesn’t know that Melissa knew her mother, let alone probably witnessed her death.
—Abby Monteil, Them., 28 Mar. 2025
Think of the cults, the divorce lawyers, the groupies, the scale of the cosmetics industry, the sports cars.
—Jaron Lanier, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2025
These are people who are in something very close to a cult, which has such a strong pull on them.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 21 Mar. 2025
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Perrie Samotin, Glamour, 31 Mar. 2025
Melissa tells Shauna that, after learning about adult Natalie’s death on the grounds of Lottie’s doomed cult, she became consumed with guilt and paranoia; after all, her own wife doesn’t know that Melissa knew her mother, let alone probably witnessed her death.
—Abby Monteil, Them., 28 Mar. 2025
Think of the cults, the divorce lawyers, the groupies, the scale of the cosmetics industry, the sports cars.
—Jaron Lanier, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2025
These are people who are in something very close to a cult, which has such a strong pull on them.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 21 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for cult
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“Cult.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cult. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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