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  2. Governmental lists of cults and sects - Wikipedia

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    The application of the labels "cults" or "sects" to (for example) religious movements in government documents usually signifies the popular and negative use of the term "cult" in English and a functionally similar use of words translated as "sect" in several European languages.

  3. List of religious slurs - Wikipedia

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    Derives from namaz, the Persian word for obligatory daily prayers usually used instead of salah in the Indian subcontinent. [76] Peaceful, peacefools, pissful, shantidoot India: Muslims Derives from the common statement that Islam is a "religion of peace". Sometimes the Hindi word "shantidoot" (Messenger of Peace) is used. [73] Osama North America

  4. Cult - Wikipedia

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    Starting in the late 1960s, a different strand of anti-cult groups arose, with the formation of the secular anti-cult movement (ACM). [49] This was in response to the rise of new religions in the 1960s and 1970s, particularly the events at Jonestown and the deaths of nearly 1000 people. [ 50 ]

  5. List of religious titles and styles - Wikipedia

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    When used as a prefix with a monastic name, "Swami" usually refers to men who have taken the oath of renunciation and abandoned their social status. The monastic name is usually a single word without a first and last name. Yogi "One who meditates" Also a word for Sadhu, Saint, Sant, Monk.

  6. Cult (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    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

  7. Lists of pejorative terms for people - Wikipedia

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    Lists of pejorative terms for people include: List of ethnic slurs. List of ethnic slurs and epithets by ethnicity; List of common nouns derived from ethnic group names; List of religious slurs; A list of LGBT slang, including LGBT-related slurs; List of age-related terms with negative connotations; List of disability-related terms with ...

  8. Category:Cults - Wikipedia

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    About Category:Cults and related categories: This category's scope contains articles about Cults, which may be a contentious label Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cults . The main article for this category is Cult .

  9. Cultish - Wikipedia

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    Montell argues in Cultish that cults and cultists can be identified in particular through their non-standard use of language – as scholar Scott Lowe put it, "the technical terms, the redefined words, the shorthand, the clichés, the euphemisms, logical distortions, and so on […] set members apart from (and above) their pedestrian neighbors, families, and coworkers". [2]