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cargo cult is a noun meaning "(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)". It carries 2 recorded senses.
(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)
Melanesia
a religious cult that anticipates a time of joy, serenity, and justice when salvation comes
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for cargo cult come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.