cultism

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noun

The system or practice of a cult.

Similar
culteranismodevotionveneration
OriginSpanish cultismo →
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Meanings

nouncultism (countable and uncountable, plural cultisms)

plural cultisms

  1. countableuncountableThe system or practice of a cult.

    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.

    2023 June 2, Brandon Smith, “How To Solve Violence In The US? Remove Democrat Run Cities And Bring Back Asylums”, in Alt-Market.us
  2. countableuncountableliteratureSynonym of culteranismo.

    Synonyms: culteranismo

  3. countableuncountablehuman scienceslearned borrowing.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of culteranismo.

Similar
culteranismo

More synonyms by meaning

nounreligious zeal; the willingness to serve God

Similar
devotionveneration
Broader
worship
Also see
culteranismodevotionveneration

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Spanishcultismo
  2. Englishcultism

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

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Chicago

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