Hindooism

Hindooism
noun
1. the religion of most people in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal
• Syn: ↑Hinduism
• Regions:
• Hypernyms: ↑religion, ↑faith, ↑organized religion
• Hyponyms: ↑Brahmanism, ↑Brahminism
• Member Meronyms:
2. a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on a caste system; it is characterized by a belief in reincarnation, by a belief in a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils
• Syn: ↑Hinduism
• Members of this Topic:
• Hypernyms: ↑religion, ↑faith, ↑religious belief
• Hyponyms:

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