Word.ws English Dictionary

saffron terror

saffron terror noun: acts of terrorism motivated by Hindu nationalism or Hindutva.

Noun

saffron terror (uncountable)

  1. Acts of terrorism motivated by Hindu nationalism or Hindutva.

Origin of saffron terror

From the symbolic use of the saffron colour by Hindu nationalist organisations.

Questions about saffron terror

What does saffron terror mean?
Saffron terror means acts of terrorism motivated by Hindu nationalism or Hindutva.
What part of speech is saffron terror?
Saffron terror is a noun.

Words near saffron terror in the dictionary

  1. saffron milk cap
  2. saffron plum
  3. saffron plums
  4. saffron shadow dancer
  5. saffron shadow dancers
  6. saffron terror
  7. saffron thistle
  8. Saffron Walden
  9. saffron yellow
  10. saffroned
  11. saffroning

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: saffron terror (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “saffron terror.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/saffron_terror. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.