cult
US: /ˈkəɫt/
UK: /kˈʌlt/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
cult /kʌlt/- danh từ
- sự thờ cúng, sự cúng bái
- sự tôn sùng, sự tôn kính, sự sùng bái; sự sính
- the cult of the individual: sự sùng bái cá nhân
- the cult of the monocle: sự sính đeo kính một mắt
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) giáo phái
Advanced English dictionary
noun, adjective+ noun
1 [usually sing.] ~ (of sth) a way of life, an attitude, an idea, etc. that has become very popular: the cult of physical fitness + An extraordinary personality cult had been created around the leader.
2 a small group of people who have extreme religious beliefs and who are not part of any established religion: Their son ran away from home and joined a cult.
3 (formal) a system of religious beliefs and practices: the Chinese cult of ancestor worship
+ adjective [only before noun] very popular with a particular group of people; treating sb/sth as a cult figure, etc: a cult movie / book + The singer has become a cult figure in America. + The cartoon has achieved cult status. + The TV series has a cult following among young people.
Collocation
1 worship of a person/thing
ADJ.
personality
the personality cult of the president
CULT + NOUN
figure, hero
He became a cult figure during the 1960s.
| status
The book achieved cult status as soon as it was published.
| following
The show has built up a cult following.
| band, book, film
PREP.
~ of
the cult of youth
2 religious group
ADJ.
religious
the members of a religious cult
CULT + NOUN
leader, member | image, object, statue | practice
Concise dictionary
cultskʌltnoun
+adherents of an exclusive system of religious beliefs and practices
+an interest followed with exaggerated zeal
+a system of religious beliefs and rituals
