Hindu-ness

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Noun

Hindu-ness (uncountable)

  1. Alternative spelling of Hinduness.
    • 2019 May 24, Jonah Blank, “How Hinduism Became a Political Weapon in India”, in The Atlantic:
      The term Hindutva can be (sort of) translated as “Hindu-ness,” and that gets (sort of) at what it’s all about: Hinduism not a theology, but an identity.
    • 2017 December 7, Ashutosh Tripathi, “Rahul Gandhi's Hindu-ness Shows A New Confidence”, in NDTV.com:
      Watching Rahul Gandhi going from one temple to another, donning a teeka on his forehead, flaunting his Hindu-ness is a fascinating experience.
    • 2020 November, “The politics of Hindutva in India”, in IISS :
      ‘Hindu nationalism’ is a translation of the Indian concept of Hindutva, in which ‘Hindu-ness’ is not determined by religious affiliation but by nationality, culture and race – whether one’s ancestors, even very distantly, originated from the Indian subcontinent.
    • 2014 August 19, “Hindutva is not 'Hindu-ism' but 'Hindu-ness': RSS”, in The Economic Times:
      Maintaining that Hindutva is the identity of India, he said, "Hindutva does not mean Hindu-ism. It means Hindu-ness."
    • 2021 August 23, Hilal Ahmed, “Non-BJP Hindu writers are correcting Nehruvian history. With little space for modern Muslims”, in ThePrint:
      Shashi Tharoor suddenly becomes a proud Hindu and writes an emotional account of his Hindu-ness in his book, Why I Am a Hindu (Aleph, 2018).