cult

noun3

1. •
   A group of people having an obsession with or intense admiration for a particular activity, idea, person or thing.

   • the guitarist's cult of loyal fans
2. •
   (disapproving) a group of people who follow one leader, share a faith others find strange, and keep apart from society

   • Two former cult members explain the difficulties they had extricating themselves from it.
3. •
   The veneration, devotion, and religious rites given to a deity (especially in a historical polytheistic context), or (in a Christian context) to a saint; a subset of worship.

   • "When frying sausages," remarked Cripps, who seemed to regard that occupation as a cult, "it is advisable to perforate the outer skin with a fork." — 1913

adjective2

1. •
   Of or relating to a cult.
2. •
   Enjoyed by a small, loyal group.

   • Monte Hellman, whose terse action films, epitomized by the 1971 road movie “Two-Lane Blacktop,” made him a cult hero of the American independent film movement, died on Tuesday in Palm Desert, Calif. — 2021

noun1

1. •
   Abbreviation of culturist.

   • Prog. Fish-Cult.