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cult

noun as in group sharing belief

noun as in worship; form of ceremony

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Manson seems to cop to several killings in the early 1960s in Mexico in newly shared audio recordings of the convicted cult leader speaking from prison.

From Salon

She also grew up in and remains a member of a cult called the Science of Identity Foundation whose leader is heralded by members as a deity in his own right.

From Salon

A new recording has emerged of notorious cult leader Charles Manson appearing to admit to additional killings.

From BBC

The leader of the Manson family cult didn’t commit the murders himself — he persuaded his followers to carry them out.

The cult dynamics, racism, antisemitism, violence and other collective sociopathic and pathological behavior are very similar if not almost identical between the two events.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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