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saffronization

saffronization noun: the politics of right-wing Hindu nationalism (Hindutva) that seek to make the Indian state adopt policies that recall and glorify Hindu cultural history and heritage of India at the expense of other religious traditions.

Noun

saffronization (uncountable)

  1. (India, derogatory) The politics of right-wing Hindu nationalism (Hindutva) that seek to make the Indian state adopt policies that recall and glorify Hindu cultural history and heritage of India at the expense of other religious traditions.
    • Given the 'saffronization' of Congress, the 'ethnoreligious purification' of the BJP, and the parturition of the avowedly secular parties (CPI, SJP and BSP) […]1993, Harold Alton Gould, India votes: alliance politics and minority governments in the ninth and tenth general elections, page 308
    • The saffronization of the Shiv Sena, and the fusion of its Maratha-kunbi chauvinism and communalism were natrual outcomes.1999, Rajeev Bhargava, Multiculturalism, Liberalism, and Democracy, page 241

saffronization meaning in Hindi and Bengali

saffronization in Hindi

saffronization
भगवाकरण bhagvākaraṇ

saffronization in Bengali

saffronization
হিন্দুকরণ hindukôrôṇ

Forms of saffronization

alternative formsaffronisation

Origin of saffronization

From saffron + -ization, after the saffron robes worn by Hindu priests and monks.

Questions about saffronization

What does saffronization mean?
Saffronization means the politics of right-wing Hindu nationalism (Hindutva) that seek to make the Indian state adopt policies that recall and glorify Hindu cultural history and heritage of India at the expense of other religious traditions.
What is saffronization in Hindi?
Saffronization in Hindi is भगवाकरण (bhagvākaraṇ). See Saffronization meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is saffronization?
Saffronization is a noun.

Words near saffronization in the dictionary

  1. Saffron Walden
  2. saffron yellow
  3. saffroned
  4. saffroning
  5. saffronisation
  6. saffronization
  7. saffronize
  8. saffronized
  9. saffronizes
  10. saffronizing
  11. saffronlike

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: saffronization (page history and authors); भगवाकरण (Hindi) (page history and authors); হিন্দুকরণ (Bengali) (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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