cargo cult   (TTS Sound)

The noun cargo cult has 2 senses

• 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))


• cargo cult -- (a religious cult that anticipates a time of joy, serenity, and justice when salvation comes)