Meanings
hindouist1
- not comparablenon-native speakers' EnglishAlternative letter-case form of Hindouist.
plural hindouists
- non-native speakers' EnglishAlternative letter-case form of Hindouist.
Hindouist2
alternative hindouist
- not comparablenon-native speakers' EnglishHindu.
The name is a reference to the hindouist god siva often represented with many arms.
2004 October 23, Stephane Payrard, “[perl #32117] [PATCH] new multifacetted pmc: siva”, in perl.perl6.internals (Usenet), retrieved 10 May 20222 more examples
Greek or roman, as well as hindouist polytheisms are not "real" polytheisms, which could mean that many "God-like" supreme being would be at the origin of the universe, man and so on.
1998 August 26, Thomas Thierry, “Deism vs. Pantheism”, in alt.religion.deism (Usenet), retrieved 10 May 20225. dynasty swa (môn-khmer with hindouist civilisation; perhaps from lin-yi kingdom or champa of actual center vietnam) xieng dong xieng thong became muang swa; 8 kings.
2003 July 31, drsouk, “Royal Lao Descendant”, in soc.culture.laos (Usenet), retrieved 10 May 2022
plural Hindouists · alternative hindouist
- non-native speakers' EnglishA Hindu.
Actually, Greeks and Romans (which I know better than Hindouists) are factual "monotheist" if we consider that monotheism is based on a "One first cause" system.
1998 August 26, Thomas Thierry, “Deism vs. Pantheism”, in alt.religion.deism (Usenet), retrieved 10 May 20222 more examples
We have to doe an interview about the religion "Hindouism" for our school. Our question is if somebody, being a Hindouist, is willing to give us an interview about his/hers religion.
1996 March 4, luck...@pop.pi.net, “interview”, in alt.religion.buddhism.tibetan (Usenet), retrieved 10 May 2022Yes, the official figures (more or less) gives around 1929 millions, whose 1093 are catholics. WSecond largest are muslims, with 1075 m; third are hindouists, with 745 m; fourth are chinese religions, with 363m, 5th are ethnical beliefs, 232m; (I discarded agnostic and athees, 961 m). Jews are only 15 m.
2000 September 8, roger gonnet, “San Jose picket”, in alt.religion.scientology (Usenet), retrieved 10 May 2022
Origin
hindouist · adjective, noun
- Frenchhindouiste
- Englishhindouist
From French hindouiste.
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Full word history & related roots →Hindouist · adjective, noun
- Frenchhindouiste
- EnglishHindouist
From French hindouiste.
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Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
hindouist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hindouist
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