{
    "term": "cult",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a way of life, an attitude, an idea, etc. that has become very popular",
            "sensetop": "cult (of something)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the cult of physical fitness"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the cult of youth"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["personality"],
                "cult + noun": ["figure", "hero", "icon"],
                "preposition": ["cult of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a small group of people who have extreme religious beliefs and who are not part of any established religion",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Their son ran away from home and joined a cult."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the members of a religious cult"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Religion and festivals"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["religious", "pagan", "satanic"],
                "cult + noun": ["leader", "member", "image"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a system of religious beliefs and practices",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the ancient cult of ancestor worship"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["religious", "pagan", "satanic"],
                "cult + noun": ["leader", "member", "image"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kʌlt/",
                "audio": "cu/cult/cult__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kʌlt/",
                "audio": "cu/cult/cult__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 17th cent. (originally denoting homage paid to a divinity): from French culte or Latin cultus ‘worship’, from cult- ‘inhabited, cultivated, worshipped’, from the verb colere."
}