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Origin: Greek suffix -ism

Hindooism has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

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Noun
1

the religion of most people in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal

2

a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on a caste system; it is characterized by a belief in reincarnation, by a belief in a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils

3

Dated form of Hinduism.

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ism oism jism wuism agism meism prism yoism quism reism weism tuism ovism idism grism deism seism icism zoism owlism
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