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CULT [kuhlt]:
- noun

” . . . Cult typically refers to a cohesive social group devoted to beliefs or practices that the surrounding culture considers outside the mainstream, with a notably positive or negative popular perception, In common or populist usage, “cult” has a positive connotation for groups of art, music ,writing fiction, and fashion devotees, but a negative connotation for new religious, extreme political , questionable therapeutic, and pyramidal business groups. For this reason, most, if not all, non-fan groups that are called CULTS reject this label . . . ”