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noun
The system or practice of a cult.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Synonym of culteranismo.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: literature, media, publishing
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Synonyms: culteranismo
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noun
learned borrowing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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noun
religious zeal; the willingness to serve God
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: idolatry, devotion, veneration
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: worship
Narrower terms: bibliolatry, Bible-worship, verbolatry, grammatolatry, word-worship, symbolatry, symbololatry, symbol-worship, anthropolatry, worship of man, gyneolatry, gynaeolatry, woman-worship, lordolatry, thaumatolatry, miracle-worship, topolatry, place-worship
noun
devotion to the doctrine or a cult or to the practices of a cult
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: devotion
History
From cult + -ism. The linguistic sense is from Spanish cultismo.
