Cultism

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The system or practice of a cult. countable, uncountable

    "Also keep in mind that the Democrats of today are part of a new woke cultism – They are not necessarily the same Democrats from 30 years ago."

  2. 2
    religious zeal; the willingness to serve God wordnet
  3. 3
    Synonym of culteranismo. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    devotion to the doctrine or a cult or to the practices of a cult wordnet
  5. 5
    learned borrowing. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

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idolatryadorationcelebrationceremonialismchurchgoingco-worship

Example

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"Also keep in mind that the Democrats of today are part of a new woke cultism – They are not necessarily the same Democrats from 30 years ago."

Etymology

From cult + -ism. The linguistic sense is from Spanish cultismo.

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