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cargo_cult

cargo cult

English

Noun

cargo cult (plural cargo cults)

  1. Any of several unorthodox religious movements among the people of Melanesia based upon Western manufactured goods.
  2. (figuratively) Any of several philosophies or pseudosciences that are not rooted in experiment.

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Portuguese

Noun

cargo cult m (plural cargo cults)

  1. cargo cult (Melanesian religion based upon Western manufactured goods)

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