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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
And in the 1963 Czech cult classic The Cassandra Cat, a tabby exposes the truth by making people’s skin change color based on their moral character — red for love, orange or violet for hypocrisy.
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Steve Garbarino, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
Whitewashed cults of martyrdom have sprung up around the January 6th rioters and Charlie Kirk.
—Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
After performing only modestly at the box office, the film, starring Mira Sorvino and Lisa Kudrow, found a cult fandom thanks to home video and cable reruns.
—Keaton Bell, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2025
Pavitt is a big fan of using mandelic acid in skin care, featuring the ingredient in her cult-favorite Mandelic Acid Exfoliating & Clearing Serum.
—Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 24 Oct. 2025
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Steve Garbarino, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
Whitewashed cults of martyrdom have sprung up around the January 6th rioters and Charlie Kirk.
—Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
After performing only modestly at the box office, the film, starring Mira Sorvino and Lisa Kudrow, found a cult fandom thanks to home video and cable reruns.
—Keaton Bell, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2025
Pavitt is a big fan of using mandelic acid in skin care, featuring the ingredient in her cult-favorite Mandelic Acid Exfoliating & Clearing Serum.
—Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 24 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cult
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For horror films in particular, Korean viewers are already accustomed to the evocative imagery and genre-bending thrills from directors like Bong Joon Ho and Park Chan-wook, but global audiences are now seeking them out in greater numbers than ever before.—
Katie Rife,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Oct. 2025
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Season one tackled murder podcasts head on, season two interrogated the audience a bit, season three was the big Broadway number, season four took on Hollywood and now season five went deep into power dynamics.—
Josh Wigler,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Oct. 2025
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Projects engage critical questions of ecology, migration, identity, religion, and architecture, and excavate both metaphorical and literal prisons.—
PhotoVogue,
Vogue,
25 Oct. 2025
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Children unfamiliar with the world in time become easy marks for the dealers in fascist politics and quack religions.—
Henry Freedland,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Cult.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cult. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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