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Mormon vs Cult - What's the difference?

mormon | cult |

As nouns the difference between mormon and cult

is that mormon is mormon while cult is a group of people with a religious, philosophical or cultural identity sometimes viewed as a sect, often existing on the margins of society or exploitative towards its members.

As an adjective cult is

of, or relating to a cult.

mormon

English

(wikipedia Mormon)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • The ancient American prophet of Mormon theology who compiled the Book of Mormon.

    • Derived terms

    * Mormonism

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (originally, derogatory) A person who views as a prophet, and considers the Book of Mormon and the Pearl of Great Price to be holy.
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    • That year, 1871, had marked a change which had been gradually coming in the lives of the peace-loving Mormons of the border.

    Coordinate terms

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    Synonyms

    * Latter-day Saint, LDS

    Derived terms

    * Jack Mormon * Molly Mormon ((Molly Mormon))

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of, or pertaining to, the faith established by Joseph Smith, Jr.

    • Derived terms

    * Mormon cricket

    cult

    English

    (wikipedia cult)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A group of people with a religious, philosophical or cultural identity sometimes viewed as a sect, often existing on the margins of society or exploitative towards its members.
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  • Devotion to a saint.
  • (lb) A group of people having an obsession with or intense admiration for a particular activity, idea, person or thing.

    • Derived terms

    * cargo cult * cultic * cultist

    See also

    * sect

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of, or relating to a cult.
  • Enjoyed by a small, loyal group.
    • a cult horror movie

    Usage notes

    The term has a positive connotation for groups of art, music, writing, fiction, and fashion devotees, but a negative connotation for new religious, extreme political, questionable therapeutic, and pyramidal business groups.

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