SIKHISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sikhism mean? 

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

1. the doctrines of a monotheistic religion founded in northern India in the 16th century by Guru Nanak and combining elements of Hinduism and Islam

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SIKHISM (noun)

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Meaning:

The doctrines of a monotheistic religion founded in northern India in the 16th century by Guru Nanak and combining elements of Hinduism and Islam

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

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

faith; religion; religious belief (a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny)

Domain member category:

Adi Granth; Granth; Granth Sahib (the principal sacred text of Sikhism contains hymns and poetry as well as the teachings of the first five gurus)

Khalsa (the group of initiated Sikhs to which devout orthodox Sikhs are ritually admitted at puberty; founded by the tenth and last Guru in 1699)

Guru (each of the first ten leaders of the Sikh religion)

Sikh (an adherent of Sikhism)

Guru Nanak; Nanak (Indian religious leader who founded Sikhism in dissent from the caste system of Hinduism; he taught that all men had a right to search for knowledge of God and that spiritual liberation could be attained by meditating on the name of God (1469-1538))

Sikh (of or relating to the Sikhs or their religious beliefs and customs)