HINAYANIST

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• HINAYANIST (noun)
  The noun HINAYANIST has 1 sense:

1. an adherent of Hinayana Buddhism

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

• HINAYANIST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An adherent of Hinayana Buddhism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

adherent; disciple (someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another)

Holonyms ("Hinayanist" is a member of...):

Hinayana (a major school of Buddhism teaching personal salvation through one's own efforts)

Derivation:

Hinayana (a major school of Buddhism teaching personal salvation through one's own efforts)