cultish en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree English cult Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English cultish From cult + -ish.
Meanings
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(derogatory) Resembling or characteristic of a cult.
As anyone who lived through those times will recall, a lot of pointless farting around was unleashed in the name of electronic music, particularly once the likes of Leer, Robert Rental, and Daniel Miller scored a degree of cultish fandom with their earliest releases, and provoked their own surge of imitators.
2021, Dave Thompson, I Feel Love, page 194:a cultish movement
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more cultish | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most cultish | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |