English Explanatory Dictionary

doomsday cult

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A cult that believes in apocalypticism and millenarianism.
  2. a group that has lost touch with reality.

Word forms

doomsday cult doomsday cults

Etymology

Coined by American sociologist John Lofland in 1966 in his book Doomsday Cult: A Study of Conversion, Proselytization, and Maintenance of Faith

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