hindutva
/hinˈdətvə/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.31 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
The ideology of Hindu nationalism.
Example Sentences
- "In India, too, people now wish to bring that argument to a close: to replace the ruckus of politics with the moralized ideology of Hindutva."
- "China’s one-party meritocracy, Putin’s uncrowned czardom, the post-Arab Spring triumph of dictatorship and monarchy over religious populism in the Middle East, the Hindutva populism transforming Indian democracy — these aren’t just all indistinguishable forms of “autocracy,” but culturally distinctive developments that fit well with Huntington’s typology[…]"
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /hinˈdətvə/
- British English: /hɪnˈdʊtvə/