单词 | hinduize |
释义 | Hinduizev. 1. intransitive. To adopt or conform to Hinduism. ΚΠ 1798 W. Carey Let. 16 Jan. in E. Carey Mem. W. Carey (1836) 325 Even Mussulmans have so far Hinduized as to join in the idolatry. 1888 Calcutta Rev. July 34 Government servants will be helpless to oppose it [sc. Hindu predominance]. Many will ‘hinduize’, as being the pleasanter and easier part to play. 2019 Indian Express (Nexis) 25 Jan. Rahul's strategy to ‘Hinduise’ also seems to be working. Many Hindus have not reacted adversely to his temple-hopping. 2. transitive. To make (a thing) Hindu, or more strictly Hindu, in character; to imbue with Hindu values, principles, etc.; to convert (a person, nation, etc.) to Hinduism.Quot. 1848 shows slightly earlier currency of un-Hinduize. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > Indian > [verb (transitive)] Hinduize1850 the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of India > [verb (transitive)] Indianize1837 Hinduize1850 1848 Bombay Times 9 Sept. 688/1 No one needs at this time of day to be told that the education given to the youths at the Hindoo College has un-Hindooised half the young Native aristocracy of Calcutta.] 1850 Jrnl. Indian Archipel. & Eastern Asia 4 339 The oldest Indonesian alphabets belong to a western connection anterior to that great one which Hinduised Java. 1908 Contemp. Rev. Jan. 607 Boarding schools and college hostels with all their distinctive Christian features have been transplanted and Hinduised. 1942 Proc. 28th Indian Sci. Congr. 1941 94 Whether Ancient Hindus ever attempted to Hinduize Indian tribes in the manner of modern missionaries to Christianize them—this is a very difficult problem. 2003 F. Zakaria Future of Freedom iii. 108 A policy aimed at ‘Hinduizing’ India..has meant rewriting history texts to downplay or remove references to Muslims and other minorities. Derivatives ˈHinduization n. the process of making Hindu in character; the state or condition of being Hinduized. ΚΠ 1871 J. Forsyth Highlands Central India v. 181 The recent Hindúization of many of the Gónd tribes. 2009 Jrnl. Relig. in Afr. 39 374 While religious leaders stress the process of Hinduization which a convert must go through in order to become a ‘good’ follower of Krishna, lay devotees appropriate Hindu practices to serve their own spiritual needs. ˈHinduized adj. made Hindu, or more strictly Hindu, in character. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > Indian > [adjective] > Hindu > rendered Hinduized1840 1840 Asiatic Jrnl. & Monthly Reg. 33 ii. 398/2 The infamous rite of a marriage union (as the natives construe it) between the British Government and the Hindoo goddess..was revived by the influence of an unhappy Hindooized European servant of the Company. 1931 Maha-Bodhi 39 552 The whole of Patanjali's Yoga sutra..does not seem to me anything more than a Hinduised version of Buddhist Yoga. 2019 Kashmir Monitor (Nexis) 4 June Perhaps they were petrified of the state, an increasingly Hinduised one, coming down hard on them. ˈHinduizing n. and adj. (a) adj. that Hinduizes; (b) n. the action or an act of becoming or making (more) Hindu. ΚΠ 1868 W. W. Hunter Ann. Rural Bengal iv. 200 Where the Santals are free from Hinduizing influences, the number of tribes remains unaltered to this day. 1876 J. T. Wheeler Hist. India IV. vi. 268 This was one sign of the Hinduizing of the Moghul administration. 1965 Times of India 26 May 8/4 There are few characters more painfully unattractive than the Hinduising Occidental. 2006 Econ. & Polit. Weekly 4 Feb. 399/1 At work in the unselfconscious exclusion of Muslims was an instinctive Hinduising of Indians. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1798 |
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