カルト

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

Refers to a religious or ideological group with extreme devotion, often with negative connotations of manipulation or isolation.

〈人ひと〉がカルトに入はいるfor someone to join a cult
彼かれはある日ひ突とつ然ぜんカルトに入はいってしまった。
He suddenly joined a cult one day.
〈人ひと〉がカルトに洗せん脳のうされるfor someone to be brainwashed by a cult
若わか者ものたちがカルトに洗せん脳のうされて家か族ぞくと絶ぜつ縁えんした。
The young people were brainwashed by the cult and cut ties with their families.
カルト的てきな〈物もの〉having a cult (niche but devoted) following
この映えい画がは公こう開かい当とう時じは不ふ人にん気きだったが、後のちにカルト的てきな人にん気きを得えた。
The film was unpopular when it was released, but later gained a cult following.

新しん興こう宗しゅう教きょう
新興宗教 is a neutral term for any newly founded religious movement, while カルト usually implies a pejorative sense of a dangerous, manipulative group.
邪じゃ教きょう
邪教 is an even stronger, morally condemning term for a 'evil religion,' whereas カルト focuses more on the group's controlling, cult-like structure.
教きょう団だん
教団 is a neutral word for any organized religious body, while カルト specifically labels such a group as extreme or dangerous.

オカルト
オカルト means 'occult,' referring to supernatural or paranormal phenomena, while カルト refers to a devoted, often manipulative religious or ideological group.

Borrowed from English 'cult'.