Aum Shinrikyo

proper noun

A Japanese doomsday religious movement founded in 1987 known for perpetrating sarin attacks in 1994 and 1995.

OriginJapanese オウム真理教 →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A Japanese doomsday religious movement founded in 1987 known for perpetrating sarin attacks in 1994 and 1995.

Origin

  1. Japaneseオウム真理教
  2. EnglishAum Shinrikyo

Borrowed from Japanese オウム真理教 (Ōmu Shinrikyō).

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