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jainism has definitions from the fields of religion,Hinduism
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[ noun ] (religion,Hinduism) sect founded in the 6th century as a revolt against Hinduism

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sect Jainist

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[ noun ] (religion) religion founded in the 6th century as a revolt against Hinduism; emphasizes asceticism and immortality and transmigration of the soul; denies existence of a perfect or supreme being

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religion ahimsa

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irredentism sadism vigilantism mormonism escapism modernism monism ism extremism racism nestorianism vegetarianism ethnocentrism sexism cynicism diamagnetism opportunism defeatism idealism theism cronyism paganism humanism hellenism americanism hooliganism antagonism satanism hedonism determinism chauvinism microorganism anachronism protestantism organism jansenism communism republicanism stalinism puritanism feminism darwinism leninism unionism mechanism absenteeism plagiarism deism favoritism pietism realism surrealism careerism isolationism expressionism expansionism obstructionism revisionism egalitarianism totalitarianism arianism zionism protectionism creationism authoritarianism impressionism confucianism abolitionism perfectionism sectarianism animism dynamism mannerism judaism amateurism collectivism eroticism gnosticism elitism classicism mysticism relativism negativism recidivism nativism narcissism multiculturalism pacifism jingoism criticism skepticism positivism conservativism lyricism leftism activism mesmerism paternalism hypnotism environmentalism ferromagnetism voyeurism evangelism fundamentalism nationalism emotionalism electromagnetism cubism professionalism magnetism sensationalism journalism taoism internationalism dwarfism dimorphism polymorphism isomorphism baptism parallelism tribalism buddhism fetishism nazism truism barbarism vandalism atavism masochism consumerism unilateralism heroism federalism naturalism supernaturalism liberalism separatism futurism optimism extremism euphemism elitism adventurism pessimism thatcherism hinduism monotheism monetarism counterterrorism militarism terrorism atheism mccarthyism polytheism secularism synergism aphorism marxism anglo-catholicism ostracism geotropism symbolism aneurism formalism feudalism fundamentalism federalism rheumatism romanticism fanaticism fatalism nepotism neutralism environmentalism ergotism naturalism empiricism radicalism egotism anti-catholicism mutualism stigmatism dogmatism moralism diastrophism catholicism despotism monasticism cannibalism conservatism minimalism metabolism mercantilism pragmatism populism centralism astigmatism legalism liberalism capitalism

Phonetic and Homophones

JH EY1 N IH0 Z AH0 M

Similar Spelling

Janson Jansen Jansson Janssen jamison Jansenism Jansenist Jamieson

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