cultism
cultism · cultisms
The system or practice of a cultThe system or practice of a cult.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)The system or practice of a cult.
devotion to the doctrine or a cult or to the practices of a cult
(countable, uncountable)Synonym of culteranismo.
(countable, uncountable)Learned borrowing.
Origin
From cult + -ism. The linguistic sense is from Spanish cultismo.From cult + -ism. The linguistic sense is from Spanish cultismo.
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Forms
plural: cultismsSynonyms
3 synonymsClose in meaning
- religious zeal; the willingness to serve God:devotionveneration
Word family
2 related wordsRelatedcultist
Derivedanticultism
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable