VAISHNAVISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Vaishnavism mean? 

• VAISHNAVISM (noun)
  The noun VAISHNAVISM has 2 senses:

1. Hindu sect worshiping of Vishnu

2. worship of Vishnu one of the 3 chief gods of the Hindu pantheon

  Familiarity information: VAISHNAVISM used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VAISHNAVISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hindu sect worshiping of Vishnu

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Vaishnavism; Vaisnavism

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

religious order; religious sect; sect (a subdivision of a larger religious group)

Meronyms (members of "Vaishnavism"):

Vaishnava (worshipper of Vishnu)

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

Hindooism; Hinduism (the religion of most people in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Worship of Vishnu one of the 3 chief gods of the Hindu pantheon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

Vaishnavism; Vaisnavism; Vishnuism

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

Hindooism; Hinduism (a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on a caste system; it is characterized by a belief in reincarnation, by a belief in a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils)