cult
noun
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a system of religious veneration and devotion directed toward a particular figure or object.
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a relatively small group of people having religious beliefs or practices regarded by others as strange or sinister.“a network of Satan-worshiping cults”
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a misplaced or excessive admiration for a particular person or thing.“a cult of personality surrounding the leaders”
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a person or thing that is popular or fashionable, especially among a particular section of society.“a cult film”
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origin:
Early 17th century (originally denoting homage paid to a divinity): from French culte or Latin cultus ‘worship,’ from cult- ‘inhabited, cultivated, worshiped,’ from the verb colere .