1.  cargo cult(n = noun.group) - (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);
is a kind of cult

2.  cargo cult(n = noun.cognition) - a religious cult that anticipates a time of joy, serenity, and justice when salvation comes;
is a kind of cult, cultus, religious cult

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