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Hindooism

Hindooism is the dated form of Hinduism.

Meaning of Hinduism

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.
    • 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...2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Tuchanka
    Synonyms:
    Sanatana Dharma

Origin of Hindooism

From Hindoo + -ism.

Questions about Hindooism

What is Hindooism the dated form of?
Hindooism is the dated form of Hinduism.

Words near Hindooism in the dictionary

  1. Hindoo
  2. Hindoo Coosh
  3. Hindoo-Kho
  4. Hindoo-Koosh
  5. Hindoo-Kush
  6. Hindooism
  7. Hindoos
  8. Hindoostan
  9. Hindoostane
  10. Hindoostanee
  11. Hindoostanees

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Hindooism (page history and authors); Hinduism (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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