cultish

As I wrote in Cults, Conspiracies, and Secret Societies, "what makes a cult cultish is not so much what it espouses, but how much authority its leaders grant themselves -- and how slavishly devoted to them its followers are."

Cult scene: New Zealand and Africa - Boing Boing 2009

One computer scientist let slip the word cultish; others mock the singularity as the rapture of the nerds.

NPR Topics: News 2011

Twelve members of her extended family have come to Las Vegas to cheer Charli on, and one immediately brands the pageant "cultish" -- for all of its subterranean rules, eager hangers-on, elaborate costumes and strict sequestering of the queens.

Ten-gallon tiara: The Miss Rodeo America pageant Darragh Johnson 2010

Twelve members of her extended family have come to Las Vegas to cheer Charli on, and one immediately brands the pageant "cultish" -- for all of its subterranean rules, eager hangers-on, elaborate costumes and strict sequestering of the queens.

Ten-gallon tiara: The Miss Rodeo America pageant Darragh Johnson 2010

Leander Kahney, editor of the "Cult of Mac" blog, said Apple devotees hate being called "cultish."

Living by the Book of Apple Geoffrey A. Fowler 2011

So evil, cultish, that is all debatable, but him being a genius and knowing what will work and what won't ya can't take that away from him.

Cult of Apple - Part 2 2007

Clinton supporters are quick to call Obama supporters "cultish" and "Kool-Aid drinkers", but, boy, no matter what her campaign does, you are totally on board.

Hillary Spokesperson Compares Obama To...Ken Starr! 2009

Another thing that these "cultish" winemakers share is a non-interventionist philosophy that shows their beautifully polished wines without a lot of manipulation.

Marlene Rossman: Cult Wines for Tough Times: Sommelier Journal 2009

Also the Obama cult argument, I think that there are people who say they are Obama supporters but act "cultish" to smear this campaign.

Poll: Twenty-Eight Percent Of Hillary Supporters Would Back McCain If Obama Wins 2009

Nearly a year ago conservative blogger Erik Rush called the church "cultish" and "separatist" in a Feb. 2007 interview on Fox News '"Hannity and Colmes" and questioned whether its parishioners could consider themselves Americans or Christians.

Sliming Obama 2008