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cult
- /kʌlt/
- [kʰʌlt]
- /ˈkɒlt/
- /ˈkʊlt/
Rhymes with -ʌlt
Where it comes from
Derived from French culte, from Latin cultus (“care, adoration; cult”), from colō (“cultivate; protect”).
noun cults
- 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. imperial cult
- A group of people having an obsession with or intense admiration for a particular activity, idea, person or thing. the heavy metal cult
- 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. Two former cult members explain the difficulties they had extricating themselves from it.
adjective
- Of or relating to a cult.
- Enjoyed by a small, loyal group. a cult horror movie
- Alternative form of kvlt
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: fad, craze, furore, furor, rage, religious cult, religious, religion, sectarian, sectarianism, heresy, heretic, sect, fanaticism, veneration, church
Translations
Every language
noun subset of worship
| Español | veneración |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 숭배 sungbae |
| 日本語 | 崇拝 sūhai |
| 中文 | 崇拜 chóngbài |
| Português | culto, veneração |
| Français | culte |
| Deutsch | Kult, Kultus |
| Italiano | culto |
| Ελληνικά | θρησκεία thriskeía, δόγμα dógma |
| Русский | культ kulʹt |
| Tiếng Việt | sự sùng bái |
| עברית | פּוּלְחָן pulkhan |
noun sect
| Español | secta |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 컬트 keolteu |
| 日本語 | カルト karuto |
| 中文 | 邪教 xiéjiào, 異教 /异教 yìjiào |
| हिन्दी | पंथ panth |
| Português | culto, seita |
| Français | secte, culte |
| Deutsch | Sekte |
| Italiano | culto |
| Ελληνικά | αίρεση aíresi, λατρεία latreía |
| Română | cult, sectă |
| Русский | культ kulʹt, се́кта sékta |
| Tiếng Việt | giáo phái |
| العربية | طائِفَة ṭāʔifa, فِرْقَة firqa, مِلّة milla |
| עברית | כַּת kat |
adj of or relating to a cult
| Português | cultual |
|---|
Talk about this word "cult." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cult. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. cult. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cult "cult." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cult.Cite this
@misc{cult_2026,
title = {cult},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cult},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
