Meaning of Hindutva | Babel Free

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.

Equivalents

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[…]”

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