cultish
Britishadjective
Other Word Forms
- cultishly adverb
Example Sentences
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That cultish dynamic would come up again throughout my life, as I moved from Oklahoma to university and beyond.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
Propelled by a teen-friendly PG-13 rating and the game’s cultish fan base, it became producer Blumhouse’s most successful release, besting company record-holders such as “Get Out,” “Split” and 2018’s “Halloween.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025
Last season, trapped inside Lumon's brutalist architecture and sanitised walls, crunching mysterious numbers for the "Macrodata Refinement team", the team was fed cultish Soviet-esque propaganda about company founder Kier Eagan and his family.
From BBC • Jan. 17, 2025
After investigating the cultish influences in our society, which are riddled with magical thinkers, Montell said she became equally as curious about the cognitive biases so many people experience in everyday life.
From Salon • Apr. 9, 2024
Heather Schwedel spent a week parading her Stanley cup around New York City to see if she could gain insight into its cultish following—and it did not go as planned.
From Slate • Jan. 26, 2024
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