Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The pedantic style of composition affected by the cultists.
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- noun The system or practice of a
cult .
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- noun religious zeal; the willingness to serve God
- noun devotion to the doctrine or a cult or to the practices of a cult
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Examples
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George Bush looked great to a lot of people in 2000 and I probably would like a beer with Obama rather than Hillary, but there's too much at stake to fall for the 'cultism' of Obama.
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George Bush looked great to a lot of people in 2000 and I probably would like a beer with Obama rather than Hillary, but there's too much at stake to fall for the 'cultism' of Obama.
Election Central | Talking Points Memo | Camp Hillary: Floridians Will Be Heard! 2009
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Traditional rulers have been urged to enlighten and educate their subjects against involvement in vices such as cultism, insurance scheme for Jamaican coffee farmers, whose fields have been without coverage for more than five years after
WN.com - Articles related to We need to realise Africa's potential on agriculture 2010
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Here, therefore, in far more detail than any routine allegation of "cultism" conveys, are no fewer than ten of this AGW ideology's very specific characteristics ...
From On High 2009
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That's fine -- that kind of cultism is everywhere in the American Idiocracy, and I've got my "delete" key fired up and ready to go).
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That's fine -- that kind of cultism is everywhere in the American Idiocracy, and I've got my "delete" key fired up and ready to go).
CNN Debate on Van Jones: Obama Sells Us Out to Political Terrorist Glenn Beck & His Lynch Mob 2009
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As we have seen with global warming cultism and recent revelations of data fraud, the “mainstream” can be artificially created.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Does Hayek Belong in High School Economics Classes? 2010
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- Ralph Waldo Emerson (fascist) world class cultism what, this scoring system allows a D grade? it is deficient.
Report Card Gives Low Marks to City Council Members « PubliCola 2010
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It is quite literally cultism delirium in my view.
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But we should we also take it upon ourselves, in our homes, schools and even places of worship, to address and expose cultism and give our children, parents and teachers the tools to combat it.
Steven Hassan: Can Utilizing Knowledge of Cults Help Us with Terrorist Groups? 2010
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