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{
"term": "cult",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a way of life, an attitude, an idea, etc. that has become very popular",
"sensetop": "cult (of something)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the cult of physical fitness"
},
{
"text": "the cult of youth"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["personality"],
"cult + noun": ["figure", "hero", "icon"],
"preposition": ["cult of"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a small group of people who have extreme religious beliefs and who are not part of any established religion",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Their son ran away from home and joined a cult."
},
{
"text": "the members of a religious cult"
}
],
"topics": ["Religion and festivals"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["religious", "pagan", "satanic"],
"cult + noun": ["leader", "member", "image"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a system of religious beliefs and practices",
"labels": "(formal)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the ancient cult of ancestor worship"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["religious", "pagan", "satanic"],
"cult + noun": ["leader", "member", "image"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kʌlt/",
"audio": "cu/cult/cult__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kʌlt/",
"audio": "cu/cult/cult__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "early 17th cent. (originally denoting homage paid to a divinity): from French culte or Latin cultus ‘worship’, from cult- ‘inhabited, cultivated, worshipped’, from the verb colere."
}