Meanings
comparative more cultlike · superlative most cultlike · alternative cult-like
- Resembling a cult.
Harley has a global, nearly cultlike following, but has had a tough time finding buyers for its expensive wheels[…].
2009 February 4, Aliza Rosenbaum, Edward Hadas, “Buffett Pays Low for Another Icon”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 20221 more example
[…] Mr. Kurz and a small cabal of allies with cultlike devotion to him paid off one of Austria’s biggest tabloids to ensure favorable news coverage.
2021 October 17, Katrin Bennhold, “Fake Polls and Tabloid Coverage on Demand: The Dark Side of Sebastian Kurz”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 17 Oct 2021
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Englishcult
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishcultlike
Cite this entry
cultlike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cultlike
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