Cult vs. Culture

Cultnoun

A group or sect of people with a religious, philosophical or cultural identity, often existing on the margins of society or exploitative towards its members.

Cultnoun

Devotion to a saint.

Cultnoun

A religion that evolved out of another religion but has become a different religion through developing a radically different theology.

Cultnoun

(informal) A group of people having an obsession with or intense admiration for a particular activity, idea, person or thing.

Cultadjective

Of or relating to a cult.

Cultadjective

Enjoyed by a small, loyal group.

Cultnoun

Attentive care; homage; worship.

Cultnoun

A system of religious belief and worship.

Cultnoun

A system of intense religious veneration of a particular person, idea, or object, especially one considered spurious or irrational by traditional religious bodies; as, the Moonie cult.

Cultnoun

The group of individuals who adhere to a cult (senses 2 or 3).

Cultnoun

A strong devotion or interest in a particular person, idea or thing without religious associations, or the people holding such an interest; as, the cult of James Dean; the cult of personality in totalitarian societies.

Cultnoun

adherents of an exclusive system of religious beliefs and practices

Cultnoun

an interest followed with exaggerated zeal;

Cultnoun

a system of religious beliefs and rituals;

Cultnoun

a system of religious veneration and devotion directed towards a particular figure or object

Cultnoun

a relatively small group of people having religious beliefs or practices regarded by others as strange or as imposing excessive control over members

Cultnoun

a misplaced or excessive admiration for a particular thing

Cultnoun

a person or thing that is popular or fashionable among a particular group or section of society

Cult

In modern English, a cult is a social group that is defined by its unusual religious, spiritual, or philosophical beliefs, or by its common interest in a particular personality, object, or goal. This sense of the term is controversial, having divergent definitions both in popular culture and academia, and has also been an ongoing source of contention among scholars across several fields of study.

Culturenoun

the arts, customs, lifestyles, background, and habits that characterize a particular society or nation

Culturenoun

the beliefs, values, behaviour and material objects that constitute a people's way of life

Culturenoun

(anthropology) any knowledge passed from one generation to the next, not necessarily with respect to human beings

Culturenoun

(botany) cultivation

Culturenoun

(microbiology) the process of growing a bacterial or other biological entity in an artificial medium

Culturenoun

the growth thus produced

Culturenoun

the collective noun for a group of bacteria

Culturenoun

(cartography) the details on a map that do not represent natural features of the area delineated, such as names and the symbols for towns, roads, meridians, and parallels

Cultureverb

(transitive) to maintain in an environment suitable for growth especially of bacteria cultivate}}

Cultureverb

(transitive) to increase the artistic or scientific interest in something cultivate}}

Culturenoun

The act or practice of cultivating, or of preparing the earth for seed and raising crops by tillage; as, the culture of the soil.

Culturenoun

The act of, or any labor or means employed for, training, disciplining, or refining the moral and intellectual nature of man; as, the culture of the mind.

Culturenoun

The state of being cultivated; result of cultivation; physical improvement; enlightenment and discipline acquired by mental and moral training; civilization; refinement in manners and taste.

Culturenoun

The cultivation of bacteria or other organisms (such as fungi or eukaryotic cells from mulitcellular organisms) in artificial media or under artificial conditions.

Culturenoun

Those details of a map, collectively, which do not represent natural features of the area delineated, as names and the symbols for towns, roads, houses, bridges, meridians, and parallels.

Cultureverb

To cultivate; to educate.

Culturenoun

a particular society at a particular time and place;

Culturenoun

the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group

Culturenoun

all the knowledge and values shared by a society

Culturenoun

(biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar);

Culturenoun

(bacteriology) the product of cultivating micro-organisms in a nutrient medium

Culturenoun

a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality;

Culturenoun

the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization;

Culturenoun

the raising of plants or animals;

Culture

Culture () is an umbrella term which encompasses the social behavior and norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities, and habits of the individuals in these groups.Humans acquire culture through the learning processes of enculturation and socialization, which is shown by the diversity of cultures across societies. A cultural norm codifies acceptable conduct in society; it serves as a guideline for behavior, dress, language, and demeanor in a situation, which serves as a template for expectations in a social group.