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as in audience
a group of people showing intense devotion to a cause, person, or work (as a film)
long after it had gone off the air, the TV series continued to have a huge cult
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as in religion
a body of beliefs and practices regarding the supernatural and the worship of one or more deities
an ancient cult that centered on the worship of the earth as the source of all life
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Recent Examples of cult
Hale connects that story to another tale that took place in the same wilderness twenty years earlier—a story of a cult, brainwashing, teenage prophets, and murder.
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Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
The ‘cult of creatine’ Creatine is everywhere, championed by fitness influencers and mental health advocates alike.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 5 Jan. 2026
Madigan's character, the elderly aunt of several of the students, became a cult favorite, both terrifying and delighting audiences.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 5 Jan. 2026
Ingrid escaped the cult after giving birth and went to rehab.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 5 Jan. 2026
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Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
The ‘cult of creatine’ Creatine is everywhere, championed by fitness influencers and mental health advocates alike.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 5 Jan. 2026
Madigan's character, the elderly aunt of several of the students, became a cult favorite, both terrifying and delighting audiences.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 5 Jan. 2026
Ingrid escaped the cult after giving birth and went to rehab.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 5 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cult
Noun
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During the keynote, Atlas autonomously rose from a flat position using a non-human joint-flipping maneuver, highlighting the full rotational freedom of its joints before interacting with the audience.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Jan. 2026
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His version of vulnerability, letting the audience get to know him.—
Marcus Thompson II,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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That’s kind of the family religion, knowing that the body releases the soul and the spirit energy, and, beyond that, the spirit energy survives.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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For many of Modi’s supporters, Mamdani’s rhetoric is seen as a malicious attack on the country’s majority religion.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Cult.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cult. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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