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cargo cult::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Type of | cult, cultus, religious cult |
cargo cult::noun | Spocien Dictionary
(Melanesia) the followers of one of several millenarian cults that believe salvation will come in the form of wealth (`cargo') brought by westerners; some ascribe divine attributes to westerners on first contact (especially to missionaries)
| Type | Words |
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| Type of | cult |
Examples of cargo cult
cargo cult
While he was labouring, a cargo cult had grown up around Rodriguez in South Africa.
From the guardian.co.uk
Others recall cargo cult totems, primitive masks and indecipherable signage.
From the latimes.com
So like devotees of some strange cargo cult, when we meet, we do tend to exchange notes.
From the economist.com
In fact, the cargo-cult phenomenon may well have originated with the Amazonian Kayapo tribe.
From the theepochtimes.com
They're beautiful examples of cargo cult science by creationists.
From the scienceblogs.com
Liberalism has become a cargo cult to the New Deal, but many of the achievements of the New Deal would be impossible now.
From the chron.com
Nkoloso, at least from the evidence we have to go on, was something closer to a cargo cult leader than a scientist.
From the theatlantic.com
Wikipedia has a cargo cult referencing system.
From the guardian.co.uk
But this is cargo-cult thinking.
From the nzherald.co.nz
