Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun vaishnavism

2 senses of vaishnavism

Sense 1
Vaishnavism, Vaisnavism -- (Hindu sect worshiping of Vishnu)
       => sect, religious sect, religious order -- (a subdivision of a larger religious group)

Sense 2
Vaishnavism, Vaisnavism, Vishnuism -- (worship of Vishnu one of the 3 chief gods of the Hindu pantheon)
       => Hinduism, Hindooism -- (a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on a caste system; it is characterized by a belief in reincarnation, by a belief in a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils)