state cult
C26485
concept
A state cult is a system of religious or quasi-religious practices, symbols, and rituals officially promoted or controlled by a government to legitimize its authority and unify the population.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| state cult canonical | 8 |
| religious-cultural classification of states | 1 |
| state-sponsored belief system | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: state cult
Generated description
A state cult is a system of religious or quasi-religious practices, symbols, and rituals officially promoted or controlled by a government to legitimize its authority and unify the population.
Instances (10)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| cult of Jupiter Optimus Maximus | — |
| cult of Ramesses II | — |
| Cult of Reason | state-sponsored belief system |
| Sol Invictus | — |
| Eastern Orthodox countries | religious-cultural classification of states |
| Roman imperial cult | — |
| solar cult of Ra | — |
| cult of Vesta | — |
| cult of Venus Genetrix | — |
| Divus Iulius | — |