"cultism" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cultisms [plural]
Etymology: From cult + -ism. The linguistic sense is from Spanish cultismo. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|cult|ism}} cult + -ism, {{bor|en|es|cultismo}} Spanish cultismo Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} cultism (countable and uncountable, plural cultisms)
  1. The system or practice of a cult. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-cultism-en-noun-tRdB1TuB
  2. (literature) Synonym of culteranismo Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Literature Synonyms: culteranismo [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-cultism-en-noun-jJHX7NTV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ism, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 52 14 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 30 49 21 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 31 52 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 23 67 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 58 8 Topics: literature, media, publishing
  3. (linguistics) learned borrowing. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-cultism-en-noun-07-OTXuS Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: anticultism Related terms: cultist

Inflected forms

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