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  1. cultnoun

    followers of an exclusive system of religious beliefs and practices

    Synonyms:
    furore, fad, rage, cultus, furor, religious cult, craze

  2. fad, craze, furor, furore, cult, ragenoun

    an interest followed with exaggerated zeal

    "he always follows the latest fads"; "it was all the rage that season"

    Synonyms:
    fury, frenzy, rage, furore, madness, craze, fad, delirium, passion, hysteria, religious cult, furor, cultus

  3. cultnoun

    followers of an unorthodox, extremist, or false religion or sect who often live outside of conventional society under the direction of a charismatic leader

    Synonyms:
    furore, fad, rage, cultus, furor, religious cult, craze

  4. cultnoun

    a religion or sect that is generally considered to be unorthodox, extremist, or false

    "it was a satanic cult"

    Synonyms:
    furore, fad, rage, cultus, furor, religious cult, craze

  5. cult, cultus, religious cultnoun

    a system of religious beliefs and rituals

    "devoted to the cultus of the Blessed Virgin"

    Synonyms:
    cultus, rage, furore, craze, fad, religious cult, furor

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. cultnoun

    Synonyms:
    homage, worship

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "cult":

    cults, worship, anti-cult, sect, heresy, heretic, sectarian, religion

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How to use cult in a sentence?

  1. British Prime Minister David Cameron:

    It does make a broader point which is the fight against Islamist terror is not just one that we can wage by the police and border control, it needs every school, every university, every college, every community to recognize they have a role to play, we all have a role to play in stopping people from having their minds poisoned by this appalling death cult.

  2. Prime Minister Tony Abbott:

    As we have seen again and again in recent times, the death cult is reaching out all around the world, including here in Australia, there are people in this country who are susceptible to these indictments to extremism and even terrorism.

  3. Max Lerner:

    Despite the success cult, men are most deeply moved not by the reaching of the goal but by the grandness of the effort involved in getting there -- or failing to get there.

  4. Barbara Slavin:

    John Bolton, in particular, has a track record of supporting violent regime change in Iran and taking hundreds of thousands of dollars from a military cult that supports violent regime change.

  5. Jamie Raskin:

    They are essentially in a political religious cult.


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