discipleship

noun

Definition of discipleshipnext
as in audience

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  1. audience
  2. cult
  3. followership
  4. following
Noun
  • The packed audience included several luminaries including IFFI festival director, the filmmaker Shekhar Kapur, leading actor Suhasini Mani Ratnam, actor-politician Khushbu Sundar and cinematographers Ravi Varman and Santosh Sivan, both of whom have worked extensively with Ratnam.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 Nov. 2024
  • Any wider release of the film will rely on the audience to do so and the question of whether that is possible will likely dominate discussion.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 22 Nov. 2024
Definition of audience
Noun
  • The original film premiered to rave reviews in the Midnight Madness section of the Toronto International Film Festival in 2006 and went on to gain cult status after its releases in Australia and New Zealand, the UK (Icon), and the US (IFC and Dimension).
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The track comes from The Nightmare Before Christmas, the stop-motion claymation movie that’s become not just a cult classic, but a commercial success story every year.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of cult
Noun
  • Inspirational leaders create followership, and that in turn encourages greatness.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
  • His research centers on leadership and followership within the context of human resource management.
    Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of followership
Noun
  • Swamp Thing is a TV series for lovers of trash with cult followings, the stuff midnight marathons are made of.
    Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
  • This prestigious boutique winery atop a hill has a following for its full-bodied and luscious Cabernet Sauvignons and rich, almost honey-like Chardonnay.
    Shivani Vora, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of following
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