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"text": "Two former cult members explain the difficulties they had extricating themselves from it.",
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"ref": "1985, Rodney Stark, Religious movements: Genesis, Exodus, and Numbers, Paragon House Publishers, page 167",
"text": "Werner Erhard's highly successful est cult is partly derived from Scientology. Erhard had some experience with Scientology in 1969. Then he worked for a while in Mind Dynamics, itself an offshoot of Jose Silva's Mind Control.",
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"ref": "1997, Len Oakes, “Followers and Their Quest”, in Prophetic charisma: The Psychology of Prophetic Charisma, Syracuse University Press, page 137",
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"ref": "2023 November 25, Richard Waters, John Thornhill, quoting Marc Andreessen, “Tech's philosophical rift over AI”, in FT Weekend, Big Read, page 6",
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"ipa": "/ˈkɒlt/",
"note": "gulf-golf merger"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʌlt"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɒlt"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cult.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-cult.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-cult.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-cult.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-cult.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kultov",
"sense": "of or relating to a cult",
"word": "култов"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "of or relating to a cult",
"word": "kult-"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of or relating to a cult",
"word": "kultti-"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of or relating to a cult",
"word": "lahkolais-"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "of or relating to a cult",
"word": "cultual"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kultov",
"sense": "enjoyed by a small, loyal group",
"word": "култов"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "enjoyed by a small, loyal group",
"word": "kultovní"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "enjoyed by a small, loyal group",
"word": "kult-"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "enjoyed by a small, loyal group",
"word": "kultti-"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "enjoyed by a small, loyal group",
"word": "culte"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "enjoyed by a small, loyal group",
"word": "Kult-"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "enjoyed by a small, loyal group",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "kultig"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "enjoyed by a small, loyal group",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kultowy"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "enjoyed by a small, loyal group",
"word": "cult"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kulʹtovyj",
"sense": "enjoyed by a small, loyal group",
"word": "культовый"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "enjoyed by a small, loyal group",
"word": "de culto"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "enjoyed by a small, loyal group",
"word": "kultförklarad"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "enjoyed by a small, loyal group",
"word": "kült"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"cult (disambiguation)"
],
"word": "cult"
}
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