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Gandhism en · NOUN

Etymology

From Gandhi + -ism.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The philosophy and principles of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, encompassing the broad tenets of upholding truth, pacifism, and nonviolent activism; also rarely used for Gandhian economics.
    • In trying to curb modern political Machiavellianism, some of the more consistent humanists find this analogy in the ethical ideas and the political practice of Gandhiism. 1972, Aleksandr Ivanovich Titarenko, Morality and politics;: Critical essays on contemporary views about the relationship between morality and politics in bourgeois sociology, page 142:
    • Another critic observes Gandhism dreads the 'onslaught of technology' because it creates unemployment. 1945, Mohanlal Lallubhai Dantwala, Gandhism Reconsidered, page 28:

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Relateds

Gandhian · Gandhist · Gandhigiri

Synonyms

Gandhianism

Translations (5)

gu ગાંધીવાદ (Translations) · ru ганди́зм (Translations) · it gandhismo (Translations) · es gandhismo (Translations) · fr gandhisme (Translations)