doomsday cult
名词 n.
英文释义
名词 n.
- A cult that believes in apocalypticism and millenarianism.
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a group that has lost touch with reality.
— This raised doubts about their competence and, indeed, their connection to reality; it’s never good when economists at major banks declare that a country’s ruling party has become a doomsday cult.
词形变化
词源
Coined by American sociologist John Lofland in 1966 in his book Doomsday Cult: A Study of Conversion, Proselytization, and Maintenance of Faith
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