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Meaning of Hindutva | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/hɪnˈdʊtvə/

Definitions

  1. Hindudom.
    colloquial
  2. A member of a Hindutva group or a supporter of Hindutva.
    informal
  3. Hindu Rashtra.
    colloquial
  4. The state or quality of being Hindu
  5. The ideology of Hindu nationalism.

Examples

“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[…]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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