Cultism — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

devotion to the doctrine or a cult or to the practices of a cult

religious zeal; the willingness to serve God

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈʌltɪzəm/

🇬🇧British English

/kˈʌltɪzəm/

🇮🇳Indian English

/kˈʌltɪzəm/

2 syllables Say it as /kˈʌltɪzəm/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

veneration idolatry devotion

Word Forms

cultist	noun	a member of a religious cult
idolatrous	adjective	blindly or excessively devoted or adoring
devote	verb	give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Kultismus

Hingabe an die Lehre oder einen Kult oder an die Praktiken eines Kults

🇫🇷French

culte

dévotion à la doctrine ou à un culte ou aux pratiques d'un culte

🇪🇸Spanish

cultismo

devoción a la doctrina o un culto o a las prácticas de un culto

🇮🇹Italian

cultismo

devozione alla dottrina o ad un culto o alle pratiche di un culto

🇳🇱Dutch

cultisme

toewijding aan de leer of een sekte of aan de praktijken van een sekte

🇵🇹Portuguese

cultismo

devoção à doutrina ou culto ou às práticas de um culto

🇷🇺Russian

культизм

преданность доктрине или культу или практикам культа

India

🇮🇳Hindi

पंथवाद

किसी सिद्धांत या पंथ या किसी पंथ की प्रथाओं के प्रति समर्पण

🇧🇩Bengali

সংস্কৃতি

মতবাদ বা একটি ধর্ম বা একটি ধর্মের অনুশীলনের প্রতি ভক্তি

🇮🇳Tamil

பண்பாடு

கோட்பாடு அல்லது ஒரு வழிபாட்டு முறை அல்லது ஒரு வழிபாட்டு முறையின் மீதான பக்தி

🇮🇳Telugu

సంస్కృతి

సిద్ధాంతం లేదా ఒక కల్ట్ లేదా ఒక కల్ట్ యొక్క అభ్యాసాల పట్ల భక్తి

🇮🇳Marathi

संस्कृती

सिद्धांत किंवा पंथ किंवा पंथाच्या पद्धतींबद्दलची भक्ती

🇮🇳Gujarati

સંપ્રદાય

સિદ્ધાંત અથવા સંપ્રદાય અથવા સંપ્રદાયની પ્રથાઓ પ્રત્યેની ભક્તિ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಿ

ಸಿದ್ಧಾಂತ ಅಥವಾ ಆರಾಧನೆ ಅಥವಾ ಪಂಥದ ಆಚರಣೆಗಳಿಗೆ ಭಕ್ತಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

കൾട്ടിസം

സിദ്ധാന്തത്തോടോ ഒരു ആരാധനയിലോ ഒരു ആരാധനാക്രമത്തിലോ ഉള്ള ഭക്തി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸੰਸਕ੍ਰਿਤੀ

ਸਿਧਾਂਤ ਜਾਂ ਇੱਕ ਪੰਥ ਜਾਂ ਇੱਕ ਪੰਥ ਦੇ ਅਭਿਆਸਾਂ ਪ੍ਰਤੀ ਸ਼ਰਧਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

ثقافت

نظریے یا کسی فرقے یا کسی مسلک کے طریقوں سے عقیدت

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

邪教

对教义或邪教或邪教实践的奉献

🇯🇵Japanese

カルト主義

教義、カルト、またはカルトの実践に対する献身

🇰🇷Korean

이교도

교리나 이단, 또는 이단의 관행에 대한 헌신

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự sùng bái

lòng sùng kính đối với học thuyết hoặc một giáo phái hoặc các thực hành của một giáo phái

🇹🇭Thai

ลัทธิลัทธิ

การอุทิศตนต่อหลักคำสอนหรือลัทธิหรือการปฏิบัติของลัทธิ

🇮🇩Indonesian

kultus

pengabdian pada doktrin atau aliran sesat atau pada praktik aliran sesat

🇵🇭Filipino

kulto

debosyon sa doktrina o isang kulto o sa mga gawi ng isang kulto

🇲🇾Malay

pemujaan

pengabdian kepada doktrin atau kultus atau amalan kultus

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الثقافة

الإخلاص لعقيدة أو عبادة أو لممارسات عبادة

🇮🇷Persian

فرقه گرایی

وقف به آموزه یا فرقه یا اعمال یک فرقه

🇹🇷Turkish

kültçülük

doktrine veya bir tarikata veya bir tarikatın uygulamalarına bağlılık

🇮🇱Hebrew

כת

התמסרות לדוקטרינה או לכת או לפרקטיקות של כת

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