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- noun The property of being
cultish .
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Examples
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In praise of Teach for America's "cultishness" (ABCDE)
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But I don't see the 'cultishness' playing out on the web.
June 2007 2007
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But I don't see the 'cultishness' playing out on the web.
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Even though it comes to market with the weight and hegemonic feel of the biggest brands, it has grown up in such a bubble of cultishness and doctrine, that primetime scrutiny could shortly become very uncomfortable.
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I'm aware, of course, that the Amazon posters are probably a distinct subgroup of Meyer's readers, or do her books inspire this kind of Ayn Randy cultishness?
Fans and readers Roger Sutton 2008
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I'm aware, of course, that the Amazon posters are probably a distinct subgroup of Meyer's readers, or do her books inspire this kind of Ayn Randy cultishness?
Archive 2008-08-01 Roger Sutton 2008
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Don't forget the cultishness of slapping an Apple sticker on your car.
Mac Bash kludge 2010
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There was a sense in the air, almost of competition, as sometimes happens when fans of the same band come together on holy ground; an unspoken "who loves them more" kind of thing -- though it's notable that Sons can inspire this kind of cultishness in persons well beyond the first blush of youth.
Robert Rodi: Sons of the Never Wrong Make It Right In Evanston 2009
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Sarahland bears an important similarity to another cult in this country, although in its cultishness only, not in the merits.
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Rivka, whose prominent blog Respectful of Otters is a UU blog I've somehow missed, examines the evangelical and fundamentalist arguments about the cultishness of my liberal faith tradition.
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