cultism
cultism Lexical Profile
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• noun
Devotion to the doctrines, practices, or leadership of a cult, or the social phenomenon of cultic groups.
"Sociologists have written extensively on the rise of political cultism in the modern digital age."
In Romance linguistics, a learned word borrowed directly from classical Latin or Greek rather than evolving through normal vernacular phonetic changes.
"In Spanish historical linguistics, the word 'frígido' is classified as a cultism, whereas 'frío' is its inherited popular doublet."
An ornate, artificial, and heavily Latinized literary style of the Spanish Baroque period, characterized by complex syntax, Classical allusions, and elaborate metaphors.
"The seventeenth-century poetry of Luis de Góngora represents the pinnacle of Spanish literary cultism."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Formed from the noun 'cult' (from Latin 'cultus', meaning care, cultivation, or worship) and the suffix '-ism'. The literary and linguistic senses entered English via Spanish 'cultismo', referring to the ornate Baroque style pioneered by poet Luis de Góngora.