Hinduisms

English

Noun

Hinduisms

1. plural of Hinduism
   • 2003, Lloyd Ridgeon, Major World Religions, page 13:

     But it then follows that if Hindus think and say that there is Hinduism, and act to uphold it, then there is a Hinduism, or more probably several Hinduisms.

   • 1995, Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty, Wendy Doniger, Other Peoples' Myths: The Cave of Echoes, page 23:

     There are so many Hinduisms that no single Hindu could speak for the entire tradition.

   • 1977, Ninian Smart, The Long Search, page 27:

     It is no surprise then to find that Hinduism is really a sort of federation of Hinduisms.