Buddhism

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UK/ˈbʊ.dɪ.zəm/US/ˈbu.dɪ.zəm/Northern Ireland, Scotland/ˈbʉ.dɪ.zəm/

noun

The religion or philosophy derived from the teachings of Gautama Buddha.

CommonScrabble 17

Meanings

nounBuddhism (usually uncountable, plural Buddhisms)

plural Buddhisms · alternative misspelling Bhuddism · alternative obsolete Bouddhism · alternative archaic Boodhism

  1. uncountableusuallyThe religion or philosophy derived from the teachings of Gautama Buddha.

Origin

Translations

Arabic بُوذِيَّة, سَمَنِيَّة
  • بُوذِيَّة (būḏiyya)religion and philosophy
  • سَمَنِيَّة (samaniyya)religion and philosophy
  • شُمَنِيَّة (šumaniyya)religion and philosophy
Basque Budismo
  • Budismoreligion and philosophy
Bengali বৌদ্ধ ধর্ম
  • বৌদ্ধ ধর্ম (bōuddho dhormo)religion and philosophy
Bulgarian буди́зъм
  • буди́зъм (budízăm)religion and philosophy
Catalan budisme
  • budismereligion and philosophy
Chinese Cantonese 佛教
  • 佛教 (fat⁶ gaau³)religion and philosophy
Chinese Mandarin 佛教
  • 佛教 (fójiào)religion and philosophy
Czech buddhismus
  • buddhismusreligion and philosophy
Danish buddhisme
  • buddhismereligion and philosophy
Dutch boeddhisme
  • boeddhismereligion and philosophy
Esperanto budhismo
  • budhismoreligion and philosophy
Estonian budism
  • budismreligion and philosophy
Finnish buddhalaisuus
  • buddhalaisuusreligion and philosophy
French bouddhisme
  • bouddhismereligion and philosophy
German Buddhismus
  • Buddhismusreligion and philosophy
Greek βουδισμός
  • βουδισμός (voudismós)religion and philosophy
Hebrew בּוּדְהִיזְם
  • בּוּדְהִיזְם (budhizm)religion and philosophy
Hindi बौद्ध धर्म
  • बौद्ध धर्म (bauddh dharm)religion and philosophy
Hungarian buddhizmus
  • buddhizmusreligion and philosophy
Icelandic búddismi
  • búddismireligion and philosophy
Indonesian agama Buddha
  • agama Buddhareligion and philosophy
Irish Búdachas
  • Búdachasreligion and philosophy
Italian buddismo
  • buddismoreligion and philosophy
Japanese 仏教
  • 仏教 (bukkyō)religion and philosophy
Korean 불교
  • 불교 (bulgyo)religion and philosophy
Latin Buddhismus
  • Buddhismusreligion and philosophy
Latvian budisms
  • budismsreligion and philosophy
Lithuanian budizmas
  • budizmasreligion and philosophy
Malay agama Buddha
  • agama Buddhareligion and philosophy
Norwegian Bokmål buddhisme
  • buddhismereligion and philosophy
Persian مذهب بودا, آیین بودا
  • مذهب بودا (mazhab-e budâ)religion and philosophy
  • آیین بودا (âyin-e budâ)religion and philosophy
  • آیین بودایی (âyin-e budâyi)religion and philosophy
  • بودیسم (budism)religion and philosophy
Polish buddyzm
  • buddyzmreligion and philosophy
Portuguese budismo
  • budismoreligion and philosophy
Punjabi ਬੁੱਧ ਧਰਮ
  • ਬੁੱਧ ਧਰਮ (buddha dharam)religion and philosophy
Romanian budism
  • budismreligion and philosophy
Russian будди́зм
  • будди́зм (buddízm)religion and philosophy
Slovak budhizmus
  • budhizmusreligion and philosophy
Spanish budismo
  • budismoreligion and philosophy
Swahili Ubudha
  • Ubudhareligion and philosophy
Swedish buddhism, buddism
  • buddhismreligion and philosophy
  • buddismreligion and philosophy
Tagalog budismo
  • budismoreligion and philosophy
Tamil பௌத்தம், புத்தம்
  • பௌத்தம் (pauttam)religion and philosophy
  • புத்தம் (puttam)religion and philosophy
Thai ศาสนาพุทธ
  • ศาสนาพุทธ (sàat-sà-nǎa pút)religion and philosophy
Turkish Budizm
  • Budizmreligion and philosophy
Ukrainian будди́зм
  • будди́зм (buddýzm)religion and philosophy
Urdu بدھ مت
  • بدھ مت (buddh mat)religion and philosophy
Vietnamese Phật giáo, đạo Phật
  • Phật giáoreligion and philosophy
  • đạo Phậtreligion and philosophy
  • đạo Giáo ngộreligion and philosophy
Welsh Bwdhaeth, Bwdïaeth
  • Bwdhaethreligion and philosophy
  • Bwdïaethreligion and philosophy
Yiddish בודהיזם
  • בודהיזם (budhizm)religion and philosophy
Cite this entry
APA

Buddhism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Buddhism

MLA

“Buddhism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Buddhism. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Buddhism,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Buddhism.

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