hindooism

Noun hindooism has 2 senses

• hindooism(n = noun.group) hinduism - the religion of most people in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal;
is a kind of faith, organized religion, religion
has particulars: brahmanism, brahminism

• hindooism(n = noun.cognition) hinduism - a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on a caste system; it is characterized by a belief in reincarnation, by a belief in a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils;
is a kind of faith, religion, religious belief
has particulars: darsana, mimamsa, vedanta, krishnaism, shivaism, sivaism, saktism, shaktism, vaishnavism, vaisnavism, vishnuism, yoga, vedism