vaishnavism

1. 1.

   Hindu sect worshiping of Vishnu

   SynonymsVaisnavism

   Broadersect

   Part ofHinduism
2. 2.

   worship of Vishnu one of the 3 chief gods of the Hindu pantheon

   SynonymsVaisnavismVishnuism

   BroaderHinduism

Other forms of vaishnavism

plural

vaishnavisms·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about vaishnavism

What does vaishnavism mean?

vaishnavism means "Hindu sect worshiping of Vishnu". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in vaishnavism?

vaishnavism has 3 syllables: vaish-na-vism. The stress falls on "vaish".

What is another word for vaishnavism?

Close synonyms include Vaisnavism, Vaisnavism, Vishnuism. 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 vaishnavism a common word?

vaishnavism 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.