Mahdism

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proper noun

Islamic messianism regarding the coming of the Mahdi

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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Mahdiism

  1. Islamic messianism regarding the coming of the Mahdi

    Mahdism has proved the most shameful and terrible instrument of bloodshed and oppression which the modern world has ever witnessed.

    1899, Sir Ernest Nathaniel Bennett, The Downfall of the Dervishes

Origin

From Mahdi + -ism.

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Translations

Urdu مَہْدَوِیَّت
  • مَہْدَوِیَّت (mahdaviyyat)the Islamic eschatology belief of a person who will appear and restore peace and justice before the end of the world

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

dammish
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APA

Mahdism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mahdism

MLA

“Mahdism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mahdism. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Mahdism,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mahdism.

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