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Definition of cult adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

cult

adjective
 
 
/kʌlt/
 
/kʌlt/
[only before noun]
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  1. very popular with a particular group of people
    • 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.
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    • The book achieved cult status as soon as it was published.
    • The show has built up a cult following.
    Word Originearly 17th cent. (originally denoting homage paid to a divinity): from French culte or Latin cultus ‘worship’, from cult- ‘inhabited, cultivated, worshipped’, from the verb colere.
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