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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
Hindutva en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /hɪnˈdətvə/ (General-American)
- (US) audio
- /hinˈdətvə/ (General-American)
- /hɪnˈdʊtvə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Transliteration of Hindi हिंदुत्व (hindutva) / Bengali হিন্দুত্ব (hindutto, literally “Hinduness”). Coined by Chandranath Basu in 1892 and appropriated by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.
Meanings
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(informal) A member of a Hindutva group or a supporter of Hindutva.
Forms
Hindutva en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /hɪnˈdətvə/ (General-American)
- (US) audio
- /hinˈdətvə/ (General-American)
- /hɪnˈdʊtvə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Transliteration of Hindi हिंदुत्व (hindutva) / Bengali হিন্দুত্ব (hindutto, literally “Hinduness”). Coined by Chandranath Basu in 1892 and appropriated by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.
Meanings
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(colloquial) Hindudom.
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(colloquial) Hindu Rashtra.
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The state or quality of being Hindu
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The ideology of Hindu nationalism.
In India, too, people now wish to bring that argument to a close: to replace the ruckus of politics with the moralized ideology of Hindutva.
2016, Sunil Khilnani, Incarnations, Penguin, page 284:China’s one-party meritocracy, Putin’s uncrowned czardom, the post-Arab Spring triumph of dictatorship and monarchy over religious populism in the Middle East, the Hindutva populism transforming Indian democracy — these aren’t just all indistinguishable forms of “autocracy,” but culturally distinctive developments that fit well with Huntington’s typology[…]
2022 March 30, Ross Douthat, “Yes, There Is a Clash of Civilizations”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
Deriveds
H-pop
Relateds
rashtravadi · Hinduness · nationalist · bhagwa · Hindudom · swayamsevak · chaddi · bhakt · Hindu Rashtra · saffronization · Hindutvavadi · sanghi
Translations (4)
gu હિંદુત્વ (Translations) · hi हिंदुत्व (Translations) · ur ہِنْدُوتوا (Translations) · bn হিন্দুত্ব (Translations)