cult betydelse and definition

Betydelse av cult på svenska

• 0 a religious group, often living together, whose beliefs are considered extreme or strange by many people:

  • Their son ran away from home and joined a religious cult.

  • the Hindu cult of Shiva

• 1 someone or something that has become very popular with a particular group of people:

  • the cult of celebrity

• 2 liked very much by a particular group of people:

  • The singer had a cult following in the 1970s.

  • a cult figure/movie

• 3 a system of religious belief, esp. one not recognized as an established religion, or the people who worship according to such a system of belief:

  • People considered him a brilliant cult leader and con man.

  • a cult movie

  • the cult of celebrity