Cultish

As I wrote in Cults, Conspiracies, and Secret Societies, "what makes a cult cultish is not so much what it espouses, but how much authority its leaders grant themselves -- and how slavishly devoted to them its followers are." ❋ Unknown (2009)

One computer scientist let slip the word cultish; others mock the singularity as the rapture of the nerds. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Twelve members of her extended family have come to Las Vegas to cheer Charli on, and one immediately brands the pageant "cultish" -- for all of its subterranean rules, eager hangers-on, elaborate costumes and strict sequestering of the queens. ❋ Darragh Johnson (2010)

Leander Kahney, editor of the "Cult of Mac" blog, said Apple devotees hate being called "cultish." ❋ Geoffrey A. Fowler (2011)

So evil, cultish, that is all debatable, but him being a genius and knowing what will work and what won't ya can't take that away from him. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Clinton supporters are quick to call Obama supporters "cultish" and "Kool-Aid drinkers", but, boy, no matter what her campaign does, you are totally on board. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Another thing that these "cultish" winemakers share is a non-interventionist philosophy that shows their beautifully polished wines without a lot of manipulation. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Also the Obama cult argument, I think that there are people who say they are Obama supporters but act "cultish" to smear this campaign. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Nearly a year ago conservative blogger Erik Rush called the church "cultish" and "separatist" in a Feb. 2007 interview on Fox News '"Hannity and Colmes" and questioned whether its parishioners could consider themselves Americans or Christians. ❋ Unknown (2008)

This marked a new level of discourse, and lots of bloggers and journalists wrote warily about its "cultish" or "messianic" feel. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Supporting an intelligent and articulate Senator from Illinois is, of course, not some kind of cultish mass-delusion, but nor is the evangelical zeal of his supporters a spontaneous or inexplicable phenomenon. ❋ Unknown (2008)

You have agreed to be a human test subject for some kind of cultish premodern liquefaction experiment. please no, i like you in solid form ❋ Flavia (2008)

She absolutely loves it, although it seems kinda "cultish" to me. ❋ Terry Nelson (2007)

Incessant repetition of letters and numbers...oh, my head hurts just to think about it...a kind of cultish ritual of rote education, polluting the precious bodily mind fluids of our kids...thus, MJ-12! ❋ Mac (2007)

I didn't feel there was anything 'cultish' about it-- to me, at least. ❋ Terry Nelson (2007)

I take care of this job personally as soon as the ink dries on their CONTRACT OF FAITH in order to avoid any suggestion that THE CHURCH OF THE DIVINE SKYCAIA would engage in such unsavory 'cultish' practices. ❋ Rabid1st (2003)

KING: We have limited time but did you think "Seabiscuit" would turn out the way it did, I mean to become the kind of cultish, larger than cultish hit it is? ❋ Unknown (2003)

It sounds a bit, "cultish," but those who have already done it will already know what I'm talking about. ❋ Unknown (1993)

Apple computers inspire a devotion in their most enthusiastic users that has often been described as "cultish," and, as a result, ❋ Unknown (2010)