subcult

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noun

A cult making up part of a larger cult.

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Meanings

nounsubcult (plural subcults)

plural subcults

  1. A cult making up part of a larger cult.

    The cult of the footage is rife with subcults, claiming every possible influence.

    2003, William Gibson, Pattern Recognition (Bigend cycle; book 1), New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, page 4
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    There was a kind of ghostly teenage DNA at work in the Sprawl, something that carried the coded precepts of various short-lived subcults and replicated them at odd intervals.

    1984, William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl; book 1), New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 58

Origin

From sub- + cult.

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Translations

Danish subkult
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APA

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MLA

“subcult.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subcult. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “subcult,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subcult.

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