cultish

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a cult.

“a cultish movement”

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Meanings

adjectivecultish (comparative more cultish, superlative most cultish)

comparative more cultish · superlative most cultish

  1. derogatoryResembling or characteristic of a cult.

    a cultish movement

    1 more example

    As anyone who lived through those times will recall, a lot of pointless farting around was unleashed in the name of electronic music, particularly once the likes of Leer, Robert Rental, and Daniel Miller scored a degree of cultish fandom with their earliest releases, and provoked their own surge of imitators.

    2021, Dave Thompson, I Feel Love, page 194

    Synonyms: cultlike, cultic

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveResembling or characteristic of a cult.

Origin

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MLA

“cultish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cultish. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cultish,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cultish.

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