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I vote that the change we need is: change "party" to "cult".


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cult definition from

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/cult

noun 1. a particular system of religious worship, esp. with reference to its rites and ceremonies.2. an instance of great veneration of a person, ideal, or thing, esp. as manifested by a body of admirers: the physical fitness cult. 3. the object of such devotion.4. a group or sect bound together by veneration of the same thing, person, ideal, etc.5. Sociology. a group having a sacred ideology and a set of rites centering around their sacred symbols.6. a religion or sect considered to be false, unorthodox, or extremist, with members often living outside of conventional society under the direction of a charismatic leader.7. the members of such a religion or sect.8. any system for treating human sickness that originated by a person usually claiming to have sole insight into the nature of disease, and that employs methods regarded as unorthodox or unscientific.
adjective 9. of or pertaining to a cult.10. of, for, or attracting a small group of devotees: a cult movie.

Origin:
161020; < L cultus habitation, tilling, refinement, worship, equiv. to cul-, var. s. of colere to inhabit, till, worship + -tus suffix of v. action --


cultic, cul..tu..al à ‚¬"š/ˈkÊÅ'l --tÊÆ'u --É „ l/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [kuhl-choo-uh--l] Show IPA , adjective
cultish, adjective
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, Random House, Inc. 2010
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I am a homeopath (D.I.Hom.), naturopath (N.D.) and hypnopath, (C.Ht.). I have a doctorate in Naturopathic medicine, with a dissertation on spina bifida; preventive, and maintenance protocols that do not discount mainstream medical practices. I (more...)
 
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