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cult

 
 
/kʌlt/ noun [C]

Translation

POPULAR someone or something which has become very popular with a particular group of people
moda, tutku, heves, merak
a cult figure/movie 1067
RELIGIOUS GROUP a religious group whose ideas are considered strange by many people
mezhep, tarikat, ibadet, ayin
730
(Definition of cult noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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