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HINAYANIST

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Overview

HINAYANIST (noun)
  The noun HINAYANIST has 1 sense:

1. an adherent of Hinayana Buddhismplay

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


English dictionary: Word details


HINAYANIST (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An adherent of Hinayana Buddhism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

adherent; disciple (someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another)

Holonyms ("Hinayanist" is a member of...):

Hinayana (a major school of Buddhism teaching personal salvation through one's own efforts)

Derivation:

Hinayana (a major school of Buddhism teaching personal salvation through one's own efforts)


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