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We found 7 dictionaries that define the word cargo cults:

General (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. cargo cults: Merriam-Webster
  2. cargo cults: Collins English Dictionary
  3. cargo cults: Wiktionary
  4. Cargo cults: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. Cargo cults: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Cargo cults: Encyclopedia

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Irivng Hexham's Concise Dictionary of Religion (No longer online)

(Note: See cargo_cult 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.
▸ Also see cargo_cult


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