Usually means: Imitation without understanding underlying principles.
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  1. cargo cult: Merriam-Webster
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  8. Cargo Cult (musician), Cargo Cult, Cargo cult (disambiguation), Cargo cult: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  1. cargo cult: Anthropological Terms

(Note: See cargo_culting as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (cargo cult)

noun:  Any of several religious movements among the people of Melanesia that anticipate the arrival of material cargo or cultural restoration, typically through the ritual imitation of the activities of colonial or technological cultures.
noun:  (figuratively, also attributive) Any of several philosophies, practices or pseudosciences that are not rooted in experiment, often characterized by an unreflected and ritualistic approach.

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