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What is another word for cultists?

Pronunciation: [kˈʌltɪsts] (IPA)

Cultists, or members of a cult, can be described using a variety of different words and phrases. Some possible synonyms include devotees, fanatics, zealots, adherents, followers, acolytes, true believers, and disciples. These words all imply a strong commitment and devotion to a particular belief system or leader, often to the point of being willing to take extreme or even harmful actions in order to promote the cult's goals. Other possible synonyms might include terms like sectarians, separatists, or dissenters, which may be used to describe groups who have split off from a larger religion or organization and developed their own distinct set of beliefs and practices.
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A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

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He said that they had been mistaken in disregarding the church and in thinking that they could change things without the people's changing them: "We'll be criticized by the revolutionary cultists for trying to effect change by stages, but to do all we want to do, we just have to go through all the stages of development.
"The Black Experience in America The Immigrant Heritage of America"
Norman Coombs
"If I'd married Lucy Allison," he continued unkindly, "she'd never have filled the house with long-haired cultists on my so-called day of rest."
"The Doorway"
Evelyn E. Smith
Below, neck-craning citizens crowded streets and back yards, cranks and cultists had a field day, while local and national governments raged indiscriminately at Puffyloaf and at each other.
"Bread Overhead"
Fritz Reuter Leiber

Related words: cultist, cult ritual, satanic cult, cults and ritual,

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