Cult (disambiguation)
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Cult, in its original sense, refers to:
- Cult (religious practice), the totality of external religious practice and observance, the neglect of which is the definition of impiety
Cult may also refer to:
- Cult, a cohesive group of people devoted to beliefs or practices that the surrounding culture or society considers to be outside the mainstream.
- Destructive cult, a group which exploits and destroys its members or even non-members
- Suicide cult, a group which practices mass self-destruction, as occurred at Jonestown
- Political cult, where a political party shows cult-like features
- Cult of personality, a political leader and his following, voluntary or otherwise
- Cargo cult, some religions in the South Pacific
- CULT, another name for Committee on Culture and Education, a committee of the European Parliament
- CULT, A large clothing brand originated in Cheltenham, England
- The Cult, a British rock band.
- Blue Öyster Cult, an American rock band
- "Cult" (Slayer), a single from the 2006 Eternal Pyre EP by the thrash metal band Slayer
- Cult (album), an album by cello rock band Apocalyptica
- The Cult, a website of novellist Chuck Palahniuk
Places:
- Cults, Aberdeenshire, a suburb of Aberdeen
- Cult, Haute-Saône, France