Synonyms for cult
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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

Matched Categories

1. • Fashion
   • Religion

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cultnoun

   Synonyms:
   homage, worship

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "cult":

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

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1. Flor Edwards:

   I’ve heard recently the cult had lingered, but from my experience, once Father David died, we were on our own. But that’s not my story to tell. I do n’t know if there are other people who had that experience, but apparently it kept going.

2. Markian Dobczansky:

   In propaganda since 2014, The Donbas has become a sacrificial lamb in Russian narratives, it's the place where New Russia have cultivated a cult of victimhood. They've managed to turn their own fomenting of a war into a narrative of victimhood at the hands of Ukrainian nationalists.

3. Russian President Vladimir Putin:

   There is no room for accommodating an apocalyptic cult like ISIL and the United States makes no apology for using our military as part of a broad coalition to go after it, realism dictates that compromise will be required to end the fighting and ultimately stamp out ISIL.

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. Ray Dalio:

   It is a culture, but it's the opposite of a cult.