Английский Этимологический словарь - cult
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~ n 1 an extreme religious group that is not part of an established religion (Anyone who betrayed the cult could be punished by death.) 2 cult film/figure/TV show etc a film, music group etc that has become very popular but only among a particular group of people (a cult band | James Dean acquired the status of a cult hero.) 3 a fashionable belief, idea, or attitude that influences people's lives (Diet, therapy, exercise... It's all part of this cult of self-improvement.) 4 formal a system of religious beliefs and practices ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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(cults) 1. A cult is a fairly small religious group, especially one which is considered strange. The teenager may have been abducted by a religious cult... N-COUNT: usu sing, oft N of n 2. Cult is used to describe things that are very popular or fashionable among a particular group of people. Since her death, she has become a cult figure... The film is destined to become a cult classic... ADJ: ADJ n 3. Someone or something that is a cult has become very popular or fashionable among a particular group of people. Ludlam was responsible for making Ridiculous Theatre something of a cult... N-SING 4. The cult of something is a situation in which people regard that thing as very important or special. Meanwhile the personality cult around this campaigner grew. N-COUNT: usu the N of n c darkgreen]disapproval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: French & Latin; French ~e, from Latin ~us care, adoration, from colere to ~ivate — more at wheel Date: 1617 1. formal religious veneration ; worship 2. a system of religious beliefs and ritual; also its body of adherents 3. a religion regarded as unorthodox or spurious; also its body of adherents 4. a system for the cure of disease based on dogma set forth by its promulgator health ~s 5. a. great devotion to a person, idea, object, movement, or work (as a film or book); especially such devotion regarded as a literary or intellectual fad b. the object of such devotion c. a usually small group of people characterized by such devotion • ~ic adjective • ~ish adjective • ~ishly adverb • ~ishness noun • ~ism noun • ~ist noun • ~like adjective ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 a system of religious worship esp. as expressed in ritual. 2 a devotion or homage to a person or thing (the cult of aestheticism). b a popular fashion esp. followed by a specific section of society. 3 (attrib.) denoting a person or thing popularized in this way (cult film; cult figure). Derivatives cultic adj. cultism n. cultist n. Etymology: F culte or L cultus worship f. colere cult- inhabit, till, worship ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. культ, поклонение (божеству) the cult of Apollo —- культ Аполлона 2. религиозные обряды 3. преклонение, обожествление, культ to make a cult of smth. —- возводить что-л. в культ the cult of peronality —- культ личности 4. культ поклонников (кого-л., чего-л.) jazz cult —- энтузиасты джаза cult word —- модное (в определенном кругу) словечко ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun 1) вероисповедание 2) культ, преклонение cult of the individual - культ личности Syn: see denomination ...Англо-русский словарь
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