Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The attitude or conduct typical of a social or cultural elite.
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- proper noun Alternative spelling of
Brahmanism .
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- noun the religious beliefs of ancient India as prescribed in the sacred Vedas and Brahmanas and Upanishads
- noun the religious and social system of orthodox Hinduism
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Examples
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Not to speak of its grosser phases, Hinduism, even in its highest form known as Brahminism, could not take root and flourish in countries where the caste system and the intricate network of social and domestic customs it implies do not prevail.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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a Power it could not see or comprehend was gradually debased into what is now known as Brahminism, and the most repugnant, revolting, cruel, obscene and vicious rites ever practiced by savages or barbarians.
Modern India William Eleroy Curtis 1880
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Thus Indian society was governed, not by civil, but by ceremonially religious law; while, conversely, the nascent Indian religion ( "Brahminism") became not ethical but social in character.
The New World of Islam Lothrop Stoddard 1916
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The rise of Buddhism in ancient Indian society was considered by him as a revolution against Aryan Brahminism.
Archive 2009-02-01 kesav 2009
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In that sense, Ambedkar is a critique of dominant hegemonic Brahminism and majoritarian Hindu religion.
Archive 2009-02-01 kesav 2009
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In that sense, Ambedkar is a critique of dominant hegemonic Brahminism and majoritarian Hindu religion.
Untouchable Spring .... అంటరాని వసంతం kesav 2009
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The rise of Buddhism in ancient Indian society was considered by him as a revolution against Aryan Brahminism.
Untouchable Spring .... అంటరాని వసంతం kesav 2009
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Apart from their age all were close to forty except Clara, who was thirty-one and apart from the Boston Brahminism that linked Henry and Clover Adams, the quintet had little in common.
The Five of Hearts Patricia O'Toole 2008
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Apart from their age all were close to forty except Clara, who was thirty-one and apart from the Boston Brahminism that linked Henry and Clover Adams, the quintet had little in common.
The Five of Hearts Patricia O'Toole 2008
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As the nationalist movement is valorized by the brahminism, so it is the case with Brahmin intellectuals and writers.
Archive 2007-11-01 kesav 2007
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