cult followers
Fanatical group adherents
Cult followers are devoted adherents of a cult—typically a fringe religious or ideological group centered on a charismatic leader.
The term implies blind loyalty and susceptibility to manipulation: The cult followers gave up their savings and cut ties with family.
More loosely, it describes intensely dedicated fans of anything with a cult following: The show's cult followers kept it alive through streaming.
- zealotObsessive cause supporter
- enthusiastArdent admirer of something
- devoteeZealous admirer or follower
- adherentLoyal supporter of something
- partisanBiased toward one side
blind faith · proselyte · disciple · believer · inner circle · converts · acolyte · initiate · drinking the Kool-Aid · Kool-Aid · missionaries · groupthink · mind control · thought reform · indoctrination · love bombing · fanaticism · charismatic leadership
- fan typesfans, supporters, subscribers, admirers, enthusiasts
- devoteesdevotee, devotees, adherent, adherents, believer
cult followersfreethinkers
Independent-minded questioners of orthodoxy
critical thinkers · skeptics · nonconformists · rationalists · individualists
cult followersdissidents
Political objectors
apostates · defectors · rebels · heretics · questioners
cult, cults, cultish, cultist, cultists, culture, cultures, cultural, culturally