Phrase Hound found 26 phrases and 36 compound words that contain cult. The most common are listed below. Open cult in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 26
- cult of personalityA situation where a leader (often a dictator) has been idolized and made into a national or group icon and is revered as a result.
- cult filmA film that has acquired a cult following.
- death cultA religious movement that worships death or the dead.
- imperial cultA form of state religion in which an emperor or different type of monarch is worshipped as a demigod or deity, basically a God Emperor.
- cult followingA group of fans who are highly dedicated to a specific area of culture.
- cargo cultAny of several religious movements among the people of Melanesia that anticipate the arrival of material cargo or cultural restoration, typically through the ritual imitation of the activities of colonial or technological cultures.
- witch culta covert pagan religion believed to have persisted across medieval Europe, devoted to an ancient fertility god and persecuted by Christianity as witchcraft.
- cult heroA public figure who is popular despite limited success and/or talent.
- mystery cultAny of various ancient religious movements in which initiates undergo secret rites to achieve unification with the godhead.
- cult filmsplural of cult film: A film that has acquired a cult following.
- cult hitSomething (almost always a film, book, song, etc.) which is very popular among a specific, narrow audience.
- personality cultAlternative form of cult of personality: A situation where a leader (often a dictator) has been idolized and made into a national or group icon and is revered as a result.
- sex cultA cult in which unrestrained sexual activity is central to worship, ceremonies, etc.
- suicide cultA cult in which the members willingly commit group suicide.
- doomsday cultA cult that believes in apocalypticism and millenarianism.
- fertility culta religious system, especially in agricultural societies, that are intended to encourage fertility or growth in humans, plants, or good harvests of crops
- cult archaeologySynonym of pseudoarchaeology: Pseudoscientific archaeology.
- cult followersplural of cult follower: A person who is part of a cult following.
- cult stockA stock in a failing company whose price per share is inappropriately high because the company used to be a market leader or previously had a well-known popular product.
- cult followerA person who is part of a cult following.
- cult followingsplural of cult following: A group of fans who are highly dedicated to a specific area of culture.
- cult heroesplural of cult hero: A public figure who is popular despite limited success and/or talent.
- cult hitsplural of cult hit: Something (almost always a film, book, song, etc.) which is very popular among a specific, narrow audience.
- cult stocksplural of cult stock: A stock in a failing company whose price per share is inappropriately high because the company used to be a market leader or previously had a well-known popular product.
- cult-likeAlternative form of cultlike: Resembling a cult.
Compound words 36
- anticultOpposed to cults.
- decultTo dissuade (someone) or to become dissuaded from believing in a cult.
- cultshipThe state or condition of a cult.
- cybercultA cult based on the Internet or in cyberspace.
- subcultA cult making up part of a larger cult.
- cultdomThe state of being cult.
- cultismThe system or practice of a cult.
- masscultThe modern industrial equivalent of culture, mass-produced and anonymously consumed, without specialization or connoisseurship.
- midcultA form of middlebrow culture that copies and adulterates high culture.
- cultbusterOne who attempts to destroy a cult or cults.