English Explanatory Dictionary

cultism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The system or practice of a cult.
  2. Synonym of culteranismo.
  3. learned borrowing.

Word forms

cultism cultisms

Etymology

From cult + -ism. The linguistic sense is from Spanish cultismo.

Synonyms

culteranismo

Related words

cultist

Derived words

anticultism
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