A cult is a cohesive group of people (often a relatively small and recently founded religious movement) devoted to beliefs or practices that the surrounding culture or society considers to be far outside the mainstream.

Cult, in its original sense, refers to:

• Cult (religious practice), the totality of external religious practice and observance, the neglect of which is the definition of impiety

Cult may also refer to:

• Cargo cult, some religions in the South Pacific
• Destructive cult, a group which exploits and destroys its members or even non-members
• Political cult, where a political party shows cult-like features
• Cult of personality, a political leader and his following, voluntary or otherwise
• CULT, another name for Committee on Culture and Education, a committee of the European Parliament
• The Cult, a British rock band.
• Blue Öyster Cult, an American rock band
• "Cult", a single from the 2006 Eternal Pyre EP by the thrash band Slayer
• The Cult, a website of novellist Chuck Palahniuk

Places:

• Cult, Haute-Saône, in France
• Cults, a suburb of Aberdeen, Scotland

See also

• Cult classic
• Cult computer and video games
• Cult figure
• Cult film
• Cult following
• Cult radio
• Cult television
• Category:Cults

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