tantrism

Questions about tantrism

What does tantrism mean?

tantrism means "movement within Buddhism combining elements of Hinduism and paganism". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tantrism?

tantrism has 2 syllables and divides as tan-trism under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for tantrism?

Close synonyms include Tantra. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tantrism a common word?

tantrism is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.