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CHASIDISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Chasidism mean? 

CHASIDISM (noun)
  The noun CHASIDISM has 1 sense:

1. beliefs and practices of a sect of Orthodox Jewsplay

  Familiarity information: CHASIDISM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CHASIDISM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Beliefs and practices of a sect of Orthodox Jews

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

Chasidism; Chassidism; Hasidism; Hassidism

Hypernyms ("Chasidism" is a kind of...):

Orthodox Judaism (beliefs and practices of a Judaic sect that strictly observes Mosaic law)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Chasidism"):

Chabad; Chabad Hasidism (a form of Hasidism practiced by Lithuanian and Russian Jews under communist rule; the beliefs and practices of the Lubavitch movement)


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