| has gloss | (noun) a system of religious beliefs and rituals; "devoted to the cultus of the Blessed Virgin"
cult, cultus, religious cult |
| has gloss | eng: A cult is a religious group of people. It is often a small, new founded religious movement. Cults have beliefs or practices that many people think of as being odd, or that have practices that most people in the world do not practice. Cults have been around for many years and new ones are still being added.. |
| has gloss | eng: Cult pejoratively refers to a group whose beliefs or practices could be, reasonably or unreasonably, considered strange. The term was originally used to denote a system of ritual practices. The narrower, derogatory sense of the word is a product of the 20th century, especially since the 1980s, and is a result of the anti-cult movement, which uses the term in reference to groups seen as authoritarian, exploitative and possibly dangerous. |
| lexicalization | eng: Cults |
| lexicalization | eng: cultus |
| lexicalization | eng: cult |
| lexicalization | eng: religious cult |
| subclass of | (noun) a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny; "he lost his faith but not his morality"
religious belief, faith, religion |
| has subclass | (noun) a religious cult that anticipates a time of joy, serenity, and justice when salvation comes
cargo cult |
| has subclass | (noun) a Brazilian religious cult of African origin; combines voodoo elements with singing and chanting and dancing
macumba |
| has subclass | (noun) a religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery; practiced in parts of the West Indies and tropical Americas
obeah, obi |
| has subclass | (noun) a religious cult based on a belief that Ras Tafari (Haile Selassie) is the Messiah and that Africa (especially Ethiopia) is the Promised Land
Rastafarianism |
| has subclass | (noun) a religious cult practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries (especially Haiti); involves witchcraft and animistic deities
voodooism, vodoun, voodoo, hoodooism |
| Note: 30 other instance(s) ommited in the following list |
| has instance | e/Antireligion |
| has instance | e/Atrocity story |
| has instance | e/Christian countercult movement |
| has instance | e/Christian new religious movement |
| has instance | e/Coercive persuasion |
| has instance | e/Cultic Studies Review |
| has instance | e/Cults and governments |
| has instance | e/Deprogramming |
| has instance | e/Eastern Lightning |
| has instance | e/Exit counseling |
| has instance | e/Greek hero cult |
| has instance | e/List of cult and new religious movement researchers |
| has instance | e/List of groups referred to as cults or sects in government documents |
| has instance | e/MIVILUDES |
| has instance | e/Panawave |
| has instance | e/Parliamentary Commission on Cults in France |
| has instance | e/Political cult |
| has instance | e/Sociological classifications of religious movements |
| has instance | e/ja/30講論 |
| has instance | c/ja/キリスト教系カルト |
| has instance | e/ja/「救い」の正体 |
| has instance | e/ja/カルト商法 |
| has instance | e/ja/ザイン (団体) |
| has instance | e/ja/ザラズ占星術 |
| has instance | e/ja/メンタルヘルス友の会 |
| has instance | e/ja/偽装サークル |
| has instance | e/ja/冨士大石寺顕正会 |
| has instance | e/ja/天光寺 |
| has instance | e/ja/妙法寺 (東京都桧原村) |
| has instance | e/ja/宇宙友好協会 |
| has instance | e/ja/日本ボランティア会 |
| has instance | e/ja/次世紀ファーム研究所 |
| has instance | e/ja/箱根大天狗山神社 |
| has instance | e/ja/紀元会 |
| has instance | e/ja/素戔神流 |
| has instance | e/ja/肉体オルグ |
| has instance | e/ja/霊感商法 |
| has instance | e/zh/正觉同修会 |
| has instance | e/zh/被立王 |
| has instance | e/zh/黑魔教 |