Gandhian

Adjective

Gandhian (comparative more Gandhian, superlative most Gandhian)

1. Of or relating to Mahatma Gandhi (Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, 1869–1948), leader of Indian nationalism in British-ruled India, who led India to independence and inspired movements for nonviolence, civil rights, and freedom.
   • A retired civil servant, Musaddilal Gupta escapes modern India for about an hour a week "as a tribute to him," he says. A few steps from where Gandhi died, Gupta spins his own thread — as the Mahatma taught. ¶ "When this becomes cloth and when I wear it, it's a feeling of joy, to produce something...2019 October 2, Lauren Frayer, “Gandhi Is Deeply Revered, But His Attitudes On Race And Sex Are Under Scrutiny”, in NPR
   • Gandhi is quoted as stating that “Palestine belongs to the Arabs in the same sense that England belongs to the English or France to the French” in 1938, ten years before the creation of the state of Israel. According to Indian professor of contemporary Middle East, P. R. Kumaraswamy[,] critics...2021 May 17, Omar Ahmed, “‘Please sir mention India’, Hindutva Twitter reacts to Netanyahu snub”, in Middle East Monitor