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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

  1. (informal) A member of a Hindutva group or a supporter of Hindutva.

Forms

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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

  1. (colloquial) Hindudom.
  2. (colloquial) Hindu Rashtra.
  3. The state or quality of being Hindu
  4. 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)