CHASSIDISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Chassidism mean? 

• CHASSIDISM (noun)
  The noun CHASSIDISM has 1 sense:

1. beliefs and practices of a sect of Orthodox Jews

  Familiarity information: CHASSIDISM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHASSIDISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Beliefs and practices of a sect of Orthodox Jews

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

Chasidism; Chassidism; Hasidism; Hassidism

Hypernyms ("Chassidism" is a kind of...):

Orthodox Judaism (beliefs and practices of a Judaic sect that strictly observes Mosaic law)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Chassidism"):

Chabad; Chabad Hasidism (a form of Hasidism practiced by Lithuanian and Russian Jews under communist rule; the beliefs and practices of the Lubavitch movement)