Synonyms for cult
kʌltcult

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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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1. cultnoun

   Synonyms:
   homage, worship

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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. 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.

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. Sergey Mikheyev:

   This person was under the strong influence of Western subculture, western subculture builds its matrix on the cult of violence. The one who has a weapon in his hands is right. This is a purely American approach to the matter.

4. Serge Lecomte:

   It is cruel savagery of a kind we have rarely seen before, is it a cult? Cruelty towards animals is the precursor to cruelty towards humans.

5. Bob Corker:

   We're in a strange place, it's becoming a cultish thing, isn't it ? It's not a good place for any party to have a cult-like situation as it relates to a President that happens to be purportedly of the same party.