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Yes, there was a sort of underground cult following, which came from nowhere, and grew, and grew. It was quite surprising to us all, because all of us had spent probably the previous five to ten years without it. So it was quite overwhelming. Overwhelming and humbling.
Michael Giles

Meaning of "cult following" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CULT FOLLOWING

cult following  [kʌlt ˈfɒləʊɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CULT FOLLOWING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cult following is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CULT FOLLOWING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Cult following

A cult following is a group of fans who are highly dedicated to a specific area of culture. A film, book, musical artist, television series, or video game, among other things, will be said to have a cult following when it has a small but very passionate fan base. A common component of cult followings is the emotional attachment fans have to the object of the cult following, often identifying themselves and other fans as members of a community. Cult followings are also commonly associated with niche markets. Cult media are often associated with underground culture, and are considered too eccentric, bizarre, controversial, or anti-establishment to be appreciated by the general public. Many cult fans express a certain irony about their devotion. Sometimes, these cult followings cross the border to camp followings. Cult fans of director Ed Wood admire his films not because they consider them to be excellent, but because they are so bad that they become funny and curiously fascinating. The same phenomenon can be observed with things that are appreciated by a certain generation out of nostalgia or childhood memories.

Definition of cult following in the English dictionary

The definition of cult following in the dictionary is the admiration that is felt by a particular group for films, books, bands etc; a group of admirers.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CULT FOLLOWING


billowing
ˈbɪləʊɪŋ
fast-flowing
ˌfɑːstˈfləʊɪŋ
flowing
ˈfləʊɪŋ
following
ˈfɒləʊɪŋ
glowing
ˈɡləʊɪŋ
going
ˈɡəʊɪŋ
growing
ˈɡrəʊɪŋ
inflowing
ˈɪnˌfləʊɪŋ
knowing
ˈnəʊɪŋ
lowing
ˈləʊɪŋ
mellowing
ˈmeləʊɪŋ
nonyellowing
nɒnˈjɛləʊɪŋ
ongoing
ˈɒnˌɡəʊɪŋ
outgoing
ˈaʊtˌɡəʊɪŋ
overflowing
ˌəʊvəˈfləʊɪŋ
reflowing
riːˈfləʊɪŋ
sewing
ˈsəʊɪŋ
showing
ˈʃəʊɪŋ
swift-flowing
ˈswɪftˌfləʊɪŋ
whistle-blowing
wɪsəlˌbləʊɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CULT FOLLOWING

cult
cult figure
cult film
cult movie
cultch
culti
cultic
cultigen
cultish
cultishly
cultishness
cultism
cultist
cultivability
cultivable
cultivar
cultivatable
cultivate
cultivated
cultivation

WORDS THAT END LIKE CULT FOLLOWING

borrowing
bowing
crowing
drawing
fast-growing
glass-blowing
harrowing
ingrowing
mind-blowing
mowing
narrowing
owing
public sector borrowing
rice growing
rice-growing
rowing
sowing
there is no knowing
unknowing
vine-growing
wine growing

Synonyms and antonyms of cult following in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «cult following» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CULT FOLLOWING

Find out the translation of cult following to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cult following from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cult following» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

邪教以下
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

seguimiento de culto
570 millions of speakers

English

cult following
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

निम्नलिखित पंथ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عبادة التالية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

культ следующие
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

culto
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ধ্রুব নিম্নলিখিত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

culte
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kult berikut
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kult
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

カルト的な人気
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

다음 컬트
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kultus iki
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giáo phái sau
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வழிபாடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पंथ खालील
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kült takip
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

seguito di culto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kult po
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

культ наступні
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cult
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λατρεία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kultus volgende
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kultstatus
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kultstatus
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cult following

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CULT FOLLOWING»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CULT FOLLOWING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cult following

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5 QUOTES WITH «CULT FOLLOWING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word cult following.
1
Dustin Diamond
If we could sell 100,000 units every album, that would rock. We'd have a big cult following, we'd have a built-in fanbase so we could pretty much play anywhere, people would show up and rock out.
2
Michael Giles
Yes, there was a sort of underground cult following, which came from nowhere, and grew, and grew. It was quite surprising to us all, because all of us had spent probably the previous five to ten years without it. So it was quite overwhelming. Overwhelming and humbling.
3
Yaya Han
Companies are hiring cosplayers to be promotional spokes models for them. There are cosplayers trying to develop a cult following even though they've only been cosplaying for less than a year or two. It's all about the social media or Facebook likes.
4
Martin Mull
A cult following is a nice way of saying very few people like you.
5
Vonda Shepard
I had a hard-core cult following of at least 12.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CULT FOLLOWING»

Discover the use of cult following in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cult following and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Cult Following
Lieutenant Horatio Caine of the Miami-Dade Crime Lab is called in to investigate a mysterious death at an organic eatery.
Donn Cortez, 2006
2
The Cult Files: True Stories from the Extreme Edges of ...
Discover the unbelievable power and wealth held by cult leaders, and the physical and mental authority they wield over their followers. The full story of some of these cults is told for the first time in this book."--Provided by publisher.
Chris Mikul, 2008
3
KULT KINGDOM TACTICS: Discover The Secrets Behind Creating A ...
ÿA GREAT MARKETING BOOK....DONT MISS THIS COPY!!
‎2014
4
Cult Television
Lynch's earlier film Blue Velvet was already the darling of academics and one of the touchstones in debates about postmodernism.48 Lynch had a large cult following, who frequently used the language of postmodernism in their discussions of ...
Sara Gwenllian-Jones, Roberta E. Pearson, 2004
5
Cult Following
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, McBrewster John, 2011
6
Harry Potter: The Story of a Global Business Phenomenon
Brands like Harley-Davidson have developed a cult following, driving the brand to an iconic status over the years, but no brand in literary history has ever achieved anything like the success of Harry Potter. Cult brands always entail a certain ...
Susan Gunelius, 2008
7
Cult Cinema
Cult Cinema: an Introduction presents the first in-depth academic examination of all aspects of the field of cult cinema, including audiences, genres, and theoretical perspectives.
Ernest Mathijs, Jamie Sexton, 2012
8
Cult Following
People keep getting kidnapped.
Brian Wakeling, 2011
9
The Essential Cult TV Reader
Yet every now and again, a TV series inspires both a mainstream and a cult following and somehow becomes an immediate signifier to almost anybody raised within the dominant culture. Star Trek is the most obvious example of a cult show ...
David Lavery
10
Sandra Lee Semi-Homemade Cocktail Time
The book mixes a selection of Sandra's most popular cocktails and canaps.
Sandra Lee, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CULT FOLLOWING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cult following is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Frēda Salvador Seeks Investment to Grow Its Cool-Girl Cult Following
When I walk into the new Frēda Salvador boutique on San Francisco's Fillmore Street, designer Cristina Nelson is wrangling a wire coat hanger ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
2
Hannibal Buress: 'I don't think I could ever be high on television'
The laconic comedy one-off who has garnered a cult following due to his laid-back persona is making a break for the big time with his new ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
3
An Unpopular Man
Norman Finkelstein is an unpopular man. Norman Finkelstein has always been an unpopular man, but for decades he had a cult following ... «The New Republic, Jul 15»
4
Try Before You Buy At A “Snooze Bar”
Thers a sort of cult following that is crucial to Casper's business model. “The majority of our customers are referred to us by other customers,” ... «CBS Local, Jul 15»
5
Short Trip? More People 'Microdosing' on Psychedelic Drugs
Microdosing has gained a cult following amongst a small group of hallucinogen enthusiasts like van Schirp, who now writes at ... «Live Science, Jul 15»
6
X-Files first-look: Mulder and Scully hunt for answers in the darkest …
The X-Files initially ran from 1993 until 2002, accruing a massive cult following with the opening credits ending with the famous tagline “the ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
7
The Chris Gethard Show is the best late-night TV show
Given its rabid cult following, especially on the internet (viewers can stream tapings live), it's easy to see why it's gained a larger national ... «Complex, Jul 15»
8
All-new Volvo XC90 blazes trail to the Swedish brand's future
But the TDI diesel engine comes in for some criticism, despite its cult following and fuel economy. The episode wraps up with a discussion ... «ConsumerReports.org, Jul 15»
9
Holden-Tuner HSV Unveils 25th Anniversary ClubSport R8
It came with a 5.0-liter V-8 that was good for 241 horsepower and 295 pound-feet of torque, and it quickly generated a cult following among ... «Motor Authority, Jul 15»
10
Hyde United announce sponsorship deal with TheLADbible for 2015 …
Despite their largely poor form on the field over the last couple of seasons, the club has built up a cult following due to its amusing Twitter posts ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Cult following [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/cult-following>. May 2024 ».
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