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adharmic

adharmic adjective: unrighteous; contrary to universal law.

Adjective

adharmic (comparative more adharmic, superlative most adharmic)

  1. (Hinduism) unrighteous; contrary to universal law.
    • Anything that represents itself as a method of liberation, and yet promotes that which leads to the opposite of liberation is adharmic.
    Antonyms:
    dharmic

Antonyms of adharmic

Forms of adharmic

comparativemore adharmic
superlativemost adharmic

Origin of adharmic

By surface analysis, adharma + -ic, or, by surface analysis, a- + dharmic.

Questions about adharmic

What does adharmic mean?
Adharmic means unrighteous; contrary to universal law.
What part of speech is adharmic?
Adharmic is an adjective.

Words near adharmic in the dictionary

  1. Adhara
  2. Adharbaijan
  3. Adharbayjan
  4. adharma
  5. adharmas
  6. adharmic
  7. adhavasinone
  8. ADHD
  9. ADHD-C
  10. ADHD-PH/I
  11. ADHD-PI

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