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Cargo Cult

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Noun

1. cargo cult

(Melanesia) the followers of one of several millenarian cults that believe salvation will come in the form of wealth (cargo') brought by westerners; some ascribe divine attributes to westerners on first contact (especially to missionaries)

2. cargo cult

a religious cult that anticipates a time of joy, serenity, and justice when salvation comes

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Cargo Cult

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noun
a religious movement of the SW Pacific, characterized by expectation of the return of spirits in ships or aircraft carrying goods that will provide for the needs of the followers

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Cargo Cult

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a quasi-religious cult among some South Sea islanders, based on a belief that the spirits of their ancestors will return with supplies of modern goods, thus inaugurating a golden age of prosperity and, sometimes, liberation from colonial domination

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Cargo Cult

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n.
One of a number of religious movements arising in Melanesia and New Guinea especially as a result of the influx of American military materiel during the 1940s, seeking to usher in an age of great material wealth by ritually imitating the behaviors of Americans or Europeans.

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