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Hinduism noun
1 Hinduism The religion of most people in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal.
synonym: Hindooism .
2 Hinduism 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.
synonym: Hindooism .
Dutch: hindoeïsme Polish: hinduizm
Roget 984 :
heterodoxy ;
error
etc.
495 ;
false doctrine ,
heresy ,
schism ;
schismaticism † ,
schismaticalness ;
recusancy ,
backsliding ,
apostasy ;
atheism
etc.
(irreligion)
989 † .
bigotry
etc.
(obstinacy)
606 ;
fanaticism ,
iconoclasm ;
hyperorthodoxy † ,
precisianism † ,
bibliolatry † ,
sabbatarianism † ,
puritanism ;
anthropomorphism ;
idolatry
etc.
991 ;
superstition
etc.
(credulity)
486 ;
dissent
etc.
489 .
sectarism † ,
sectarianism ;
noncomformity † ;
secularism ;
syncretism † .
[religious sects.]
protestantism ,
Arianism † ,
Adventism ,
Jansenism ,
Stundism † ,
Erastianism † ,
Calvinism ,
quakerism † ,
methodism ,
anabaptism † ,
Puseyism ,
tractarianism † ,
ritualism ,
Origenism ,
Sabellianism ,
Socinianism † ,
Deism ,
Theism ,
materialism ,
positivism ,
latitudinarianism
etc.
High Church ,
Low Church ,
Broad Church ,
Free Church ;
ultramontanism † ;
papism ,
papistry ;
monkery † ;
papacy ;
Anglicanism ,
Catholicism ,
Romanism ;
popery ,
Scarlet Lady ,
Church of Rome ,
Greek Church .
paganism ,
heathenism ,
ethicism † ;
mythology ;
polytheism ,
ditheism † ,
tritheism † ;
dualism ;
heathendom † .
Judaism ,
Gentilism † ,
Islamism ,
Islam ,
Mohammedanism ,
Babism † ,
Sufiism ,
Neoplatonism ,
Turcism † ,
Brahminism ,
Hinduism ,
Buddhism ,
Sabianism ,
Gnosticism ,
Hylotheism † ,
Mormonism ;
Christian Science .
heretic ,
apostate ,
antichrist † ;
pagan ,
heathen ;
painim † ,
paynim † ;
giaour † ;
gentile ;
pantheist ,
polytheist ;
idolator .
schismatic ;
sectary ,
sectarian ,
sectarist † ;
seceder ,
separatist ,
recusant ,
dissenter ;
nonconformist ,
nonjuror † .
bigot
etc.
(obstinacy)
606 ;
fanatic ,
abdal † ,
iconoclast .
latitudinarian ,
Deist ,
Theist ,
Unitarian ;
positivist ,
materialist ;
Homoiousian † ,
Homoousian † ,
limitarian † ,
theosophist ,
ubiquitarian † ;
skeptic
etc.
989 .
Protestant ;
Huguenot ;
orthodox dissenter ,
Congregationalist ,
Independent ;
Episcopalian ,
Presbyterian ;
Lutheran ,
Calvinist ,
Methodist ,
Wesleyan ;
Ana † ,
Baptist ;
Mormon ,
Latter-day Saint † ,
Irvingite ,
Sandemanian ,
Glassite ,
Erastian ;
Sublapsarian ,
Supralapsarian † ;
Gentoo ,
Antinomian † ,
Swedenborgian † ;
Adventist † ,
Bible Christian ,
Bryanite ,
Brownian ,
Christian Scientist ,
Dunker ,
Ebionite ,
Eusebian ;
Faith Curer † ,
Curist † ;
Familist † ,
Jovinianist ,
Libadist † ,
Quaker ,
Restitutionist † ,
Shaker ,
Stundist ,
Tunker
&c.;
ultramontane ;
Anglican † ,
Oxford School ;
tractarian † ,
Puseyite ,
ritualist ;
Puritan .
Catholic ,
Roman ,
Catholic ,
Romanist ,
papist .
Jew ,
Hebrew ,
Rabbinist ,
Rabbist † ,
Sadducee ;
Babist † ,
Motazilite ;
Mohammedan ,
Mussulman ,
Moslem ,
Shiah ,
Sunni ,
Wahabi ,
Osmanli .
Brahmin † ,
Brahman † ;
Parsee ,
Sufi ,
Buddhist ;
Magi ,
Gymnosophist † ,
fire worshiper ,
Sabian ,
Gnostic ,
Rosicrucian
etc.
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