cultism

From cult +‎ -ism. The linguistic sense is from Spanish cultismo.

cultism (countable and uncountable, plural cultisms)

1. The system or practice of a cult.
   • 2023 June 2, Brandon Smith, “How To Solve Violence In The US? Remove Democrat Run Cities And Bring Back Asylums”, in Alt-Market.us‎^[1]:

     Also keep in mind that the Democrats of today are part of a new woke cultism – They are not necessarily the same Democrats from 30 years ago.

2. (literature) Synonym of culteranismo.
3. (linguistics) learned borrowing.

• cultist

• Multics

Borrowed from French cultisme. By surface analysis, cult +‎ -ism.

cultism n (plural cultisme)

1. cultism