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What is another word for Hindoos?

Pronunciation: [hˈɪnduːz] (IPA)

The term "Hindoos" has been used historically to refer to individuals who follow the Hindu religion. However, in modern times, the term is considered outdated and offensive by many. Instead, words like "Hindus" or "followers of the Hindu faith" are preferred. Other synonyms that can be used include "Hindu believers", "Devotees of Hinduism", "practitioners of Sanatana Dharma" or simply "Hindu people". It is important to be respectful and sensitive to the beliefs and customs of any cultural or religious group, and using preferred terminology is a way to do so.
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What are the hypernyms for Hindoos?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

  • Other hypernyms:

    asian, asian people, indo-aryan people, Indic people, Indo-European people, South Asian people.

Usage examples for Hindoos

Their ideas in a measure approximate to those of caste among the Hindoos.
"Hodge and His Masters"
Richard Jefferies
The natives are generally Hindoos and Moors.
"Narrative of a Voyage to India; of a Shipwreck on board the Lady Castlereagh; and a Description of New South Wales"
W. B. Cramp
The natives here are Hindoos, and the village is remarkably clean.
"Narrative of a Voyage to India; of a Shipwreck on board the Lady Castlereagh; and a Description of New South Wales"
W. B. Cramp

Famous quotes with Hindoos

  • All the modern christian churches have no more authority to preach, baptize, or administer any other ordinance of the gospel than the idolatrous Hindoos have.
    Orson Pratt
  • The Mahometans say their Koran was written by God. The Hindoos say the Vedas were; we say the Bible was, and we are but interested witnesses in deciding absolutely and exclusively for ourselves.There is nothing in it but what men might have written; much, oh much, which it would drive me mad to think any but men, and most mistaken men, had written.It is so good that as men looked at it they said this is too good for man: nothing but the inspiration of God could have given this. Likely enough men should say so; but what might be admired as a metaphor became petrified into a doctrine, and perhaps the world has never witnessed any more grotesque idol-worship than what has resulted from it in modern Bibliolatry.We have not yet found the liberty with which Christ has made us free. Infidels, Arthur! Ah, it is a hard word ! The only infidelity I know is to distrust God, to distrust his care of us, his love for us. And yet that word! How words cling to us, and like an accursed spell force us to become what they say we have become.
    James Anthony Froude

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