Hinduism

See also: hinduism

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Alternative forms

• Hindooism (dated)
• Hindouism (non-Native speakers' English)

Etymology

From Hindu +‎ -ism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɪnduɪzəm/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Hinduism (countable and uncountable, plural Hinduisms)

1. A religion, philosophy and culture native to India, characterized by the belief in reincarnation and a supreme oneness personified in many forms and natures.
   • 2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Tuchanka:

     Mordin: Wheel of life. Popular salarian concept. Similar to human Hinduism in focus on reincarnation.
     Mordin: Appealing to see life as endless. Fix mistakes in next life. Learn, adapt, improve.
     Mordin: Refuse to believe life ends here. Too wasteful. Have much more to offer. Mistakes to fix. Cannot end here. Could do so much more.

Synonyms

• Sanatana Dharma

Hypernyms

• religion

Coordinate terms

religionsedit

• agnosticism
• Asatru
• atheism
• Ayyavazhi
• Baháʼí Faith
• Bon
• Buddhism
• Cao Dai
• Cheondoism
• Christianity
• deism
• Druidry
• Druze
• Eckankar
• Heathenry
• Hinduism
• Islam
• Jainism
• Jediism
• Judaism
• Kimbanguism
• Odinism
• paganism
• Pastafarianism
• Raëlism
• Rastafarianism
• Rodnovery
• Romuva
• Samaritanism
• Sanamahism
• Shinto
• Sikhism
• Taoism
• Tengrism
• Thelema
• Unitarian Universalism
• Wicca
• Yahwism
• Yazidism
• Yoruba
• Zoroastrianism

• (subdivisions): Vaishnavism, Shaivism, Shaktism, Smartism
• Hindutva

Translations

religion

Albanian: hinduizëm m Arabic: هِنْدُوسِيَّة (ar) f (hindūsiyya) Armenian: հինդուիզմ (hy) (hinduizm) Assamese: হিন্দু ধৰ্ম (hindu dhormo) Azerbaijani: induizm Belarusian: індуі́зм m (induízm) Bengali: হিন্দুধর্ম (bn) (hindudhormo) Breton: hindouegezh f, hindouadegezh f Bulgarian: индуи́зъм m (induízǎm) Burmese: ဟိန္ဒူဘာသာ (my) (hindubhasa) Catalan: hinduisme m Chinese: Cantonese: 印度教 (jan3 dou6 gaau3) Hokkien: 印度教 (Ìn-tō͘-kàu) Mandarin: 印度教 (zh) (yìndùjiào) Czech: hinduismus (cs) m, hinduizmus (cs) m Danish: hinduisme (da) c Dhivehi: ހިންދޫދީން (hin̊dūdīn̊) Dutch: hindoeïsme (nl) n Estonian: hinduism Finnish: hindulaisuus (fi) French: hindouisme (fr) m, indouisme (fr) m Galician: hinduismo m Georgian: ინდუიზმი (ka) (induizmi) German: Hinduismus (de) m Greek: ινδουισμός (el) m (indouismós) Gujarati: હિંદુ ધર્મ m (hindu dharma) Hebrew: הִינְדּוּאִיזְם m (hindu'ísm) Hindi: हिन्दू धर्म m (hindū dharm), सनातन धर्म m (sanātan dharm) Hungarian: hinduizmus (hu) Indonesian: agama Hindu Italian: induismo (it) m Japanese: ヒンズー教 (ja) (ヒンズきょう, hinzukyō) Kannada: ಹಿಂದೂ ಧರ್ಮ (hindū dharma), ಹಿಂದು ಧರ್ಮ (kn) (hindu dharma), ಹಿಂದುತ್ವ (kn) (hindutva) Kashmiri: ہِندوُ مَت (hindvu mat) Kazakh: индуизм (induizm) Khmer: សាសនាព្រាហ្មណ៍ (saasnaa priem), សាសនាហិណ្ឌូ (saasnaa hǝnduu) Korean: 힌두교 (ko) (hindugyo) Kyrgyz: индуизм (induizm) Lao: ສາສະໜາພາມ (sā sa nā phām) Latin: Hinduismus m Latvian: hinduisms m Lithuanian: induizmas m Malay: Hindu (ms), agama Hindu, Hinduisme, hinduisme Malayalam: ഹിന്ദുമതം (hindumataṁ) Maltese: Ħinduiżmu m Maori: hinitūtanga, hinerūtanga Marathi: हिंदू धर्म (hindū dharma) Nepali: हिन्दू धर्म (hindū dharma) Norwegian: hinduisme (no) Odia: ହିନ୍ଦୁ ଧର୍ମ (hindu dharma) Pashto: هندويزم m (hendoízm) Persian: هندوئیسم (hendu'isem), هندوگرایی (hendugarâyi) Polish: hinduizm (pl) m Portuguese: hinduísmo (pt) m Punjabi: ਹਿੰਦੂ ਧਰਮ (hindū dharam) Romanian: hinduism (ro) n Russian: индуи́зм (ru) m (induízm) Sanskrit: हिन्दूधर्म (hindūdharma), सनातन धर्म m (sanātana dharma) Santali: ᱦᱤᱱᱫᱩ ᱫᱷᱚᱨᱚᱢ (hindu dhôrôm) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: хиндуизам m Roman: hinduizam (sh) m Sindhi: هندو مت Sinhalese: හින්දු ආගම (hindu āgama) Slovak: hinduizmus m Slovene: hinduizem (sl) m Spanish: hinduismo (es) m Swahili: Uhindu Swedish: hinduism (sv) Tagalog: Indowismo, Indoismo Tajik: ҳиндуия (hinduyiya) Tamil: இந்து சமயம் (intu camayam) Tatar: һинд дине (hind dine) Telugu: హిందూమతం (hindūmataṁ), హిందుత్వం (hindutvaṁ), హిందూమతము (te) (hindūmatamu) Thai: ศาสนาฮินดู (th) (sàat-sà-nǎa-hin-duu) Turkish: Hinduizm (tr) Turkmen: induizm Ukrainian: індуї́зм (uk) m (indujízm) Urdu: ہندو مذہب (hindū mazhab), ہندو مت m (hindū mat) Uyghur: ھىندى دىنى (hindi dini) Uzbek: induizm, hinduizm, hinduiylik Vietnamese: Ấn-độ giáo Volapük: hindut (vo) Welsh: Hindŵaeth f Western Panjabi: ھندو مت (hndo mt)

See also

• Category:Hinduism