cargo cults

A form of cargo cult — Any 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.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of cargo cult
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