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cargo cult

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1. cargo cultnoun

   (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 cultnoun

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

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1. cargo cultnoun

   Any of several unorthodox religious movements among the people of Melanesia based upon Western manufactured goods.

2. cargo cultnoun

   Any of several philosophies or pseudosciences that are not rooted in experiment

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1. Cargo cult

   A cargo cult is an indigenist millenarian belief system, in which adherents perform rituals which they believe will cause a more technologically advanced society to deliver goods.

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1. cargo cult

   A cargo cult is a belief system or religious practice that arose among indigenous tribes in remote areas of the South Pacific following their encounters with Western cultures, particularly during World War II. The cult centers around the idea that various ritualistic acts will lead to a bestowing of material wealth (cargo) from the Western culture or supernatural entities. These cults were largely a response to the sudden influx of goods and machinery brought in by the Western countries during the war, which were often unexplainable and awe-inspiring to the indigenous societies.

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1. Cargo cult

   A cargo cult is a kind of Melanesian millenarian movement encompassing a diverse range of practices and occurring in the wake of contact with the commercial networks of colonizing societies. The name derives from the apparent belief that various ritualistic acts will lead to a bestowing of material wealth. Cargo cults often develop during a combination of crises. Under conditions of social stress, such a movement may form under the leadership of a charismatic figure. This leader may have a 'vision' of the future, often linked to an ancestral efficacy thought to be recoverable by a return to traditional morality. This leader may characterize the present state as a dismantling of the old social order, meaning that social hierarchy and ego boundaries have been broken down. Contact with colonizing groups brought about a considerable transformation in the way indigenous peoples of Melanesia have thought about other societies. Early theories of cargo cults began from the assumption that practitioners simply failed to understand technology, colonization, or capitalist reform; in this model, cargo cults are a misunderstanding of the trade networks involved in resource distribution and an attempt to acquire such goods in the wake of interrupted trade. However, many of these practitioners actually focus on the importance of sustaining and creating new social relationships, with material relations being secondary.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of cargo cult in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of cargo cult in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Cargo_Cult
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_Cult
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5. ^ Wikidata
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