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A cult is a religious or social group with socially deviant or novel beliefs and practices.

Cult or cults may also refer to:

Geography

Cult, Haute-Saône, France
Cults, Aberdeen, a suburb of Aberdeen, Scotland
Cults Academy, a school in Cults, Aberdeenshire
Cults railway station, a former station near Aberdeen
Cults, Fife, a parish in the Fife area, Scotland

Sociology and religion

Cult (religious practice), literally the "care" owed to God or gods and to temples, shrines, or churches
New religious movement, cult in a common modern sense
Cult following, a group of fans who are highly dedicated to a specific work of culture
Cargo cult, a religious practice ritually mimicking another culture, popular in Melanesia in the late 1900s
Cult of personality, when an individual uses mass media, propaganda, or other methods, to create an idealized, heroic, and at times, worshipful image
Imperial cult, a form of state religion in which a ruler is worshipped as a demigod or deity
- Roman imperial cult, identified emperors and some members of their families with the divinely sanctioned authority of the Roman State
Greek hero cult, one of the most distinctive features of ancient Greek religion

Film and television

Cult (film), a Japanese film
Cult (TV channel), an Italian TV Channel
The Cult (TV series), a 2009 New Zealand television drama series
Cult (TV series), a 2013 U.S. television series
American Horror Story: Cult, the seventh season of the FX horror anthology series American Horror Story

Music

The Cult (band), an English rock band
Cult (Apocalyptica album), a 2000 album by cello metal band Apocalyptica
Cult (Bayside album), 2014
Cults (band), a New York-based indie pop band
- Cults (album), their 2011 debut album

Other uses

Cults (3D printing marketplace)
Committee on Culture and Education (CULT), a committee of the European Parliament
Cult (book), a management book by Arindam Chaudhuri
Cults: Faith, Healing and Coercion, a book by Marc Galanter

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 * [[New religious movement]], cult in a common modern sense
 * [[Cult following]], a group of fans who are highly dedicated to a specific work of culture
-* [[Cargo cult]], a religious practice ritually mimicking a more advanced culture
+* [[Cargo cult]], a religious practice ritually mimicking another culture, popular in Melanesia in the late 1900s
 * [[Cult of personality]], when an individual uses mass media, propaganda, or other methods, to create an idealized, heroic, and at times, worshipful image
 * [[Imperial cult]], a form of state religion in which a ruler is worshipped as a demigod or deity
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 ==Music==
+* [[The Cult (band)]], an English rock band
-===Bands===
-* [[Cults (band)]], a New York-based indie pop band
-* [[The Cult]], a British rock band
-===Album===
 * [[Cult (Apocalyptica album)|''Cult'' (Apocalyptica album)]], a 2000 album by cello metal band Apocalyptica
 * [[Cult (Bayside album)|''Cult'' (Bayside album)]], 2014
-* [[Cults (album)|''Cults'' (album)]], the 2011 debut album by the band of the same name
+* [[Cults (band)]], a New York-based indie pop band
+** [[Cults (album)|''Cults'' (album)]], their 2011 debut album
 ==Other uses==
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 * [[Committee on Culture and Education]] (CULT), a committee of the European Parliament
 * [[Cult (book)|''Cult'' (book)]], a management book by Arindam Chaudhuri
+* ''[[Cults: Faith, Healing and Coercion]]'', a book by Marc Galanter
 ==See also==
 * [[The Cult (disambiguation)]]
-* [[KULT]]
+* [[Kult (disambiguation)]]
-* [[Christian cult (disambiguation)]]
 * [[Confraternities in Nigeria]], also known as "campus cults"
 * [[:Category:Cults]]