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cultist

/ˈkəɫtəst/, /ˈkəɫtɪst/ noun

A member of a cult.

Word Origin Cultist comes from Latin 'colere', which meant both to till the soil and to worship — the idea being that worship is a kind of cultivation of the gods. That's why we have cultivate and culture from the same root. A cult originally just meant a system of worship, but the negative sense of a fringe group developed later. The -ist suffix denotes a follower. The PIE root *kwel- also gives us cycle and wheel, from the turning of the seasons in agriculture.

noun A member of a cult. countable

The cultist fervently believed in the prophecies of his charismatic leader.

(名词) 邪教成员；信徒

这位邪教成员狂热地相信他魅力型领袖的预言。

(sustantivo) sectario; adepto de un culto [Un miembro de un culto.]

El sectario creía fervientemente en las profecías de su líder carismático.

(nom) sectateur; adepte; fanatique; zélateur; membre d'une secte [Membre d'une secte ou d'un culte.]

Le cultist croyait avec ferveur aux prophéties de son leader charismatique.

(Substantiv) Sektierer; Kultanhänger [Eine Person, die Mitglied einer Sekte oder eines Kults ist und deren Lehren oder Anführer bedingungslos folgt.]

Der *cultist* glaubte fanatisch an die Prophezeiungen seines charismatischen Führers.

(名詞) カルト教団の信者、カルトのメンバー。

そのカルト信者は、カリスマ的な指導者の予言を熱心に信じていた。

(substantivo) sectário; seitário; fanático [Um membro de um culto ou seita.]

O membro do culto acreditava fervorosamente nas profecias de seu líder carismático.

Synonyms: cult member follower devotee disciple adherent sectarian believer worshipper Antonyms: skeptic nonbeliever apostate heretic
Word parts: cult + ist

Related words

cultish cultism culture cultural culturally cultivate cultivation cultivator agricultural colonial colonize colonist

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