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Hi⋅na⋅ya⋅nist

  [hee-nuh-yah-nist]
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–noun
a Buddhist of the Hinayana school.
Also called Theravadin.

Origin:
1905–10; Hinayan(a) + -ist
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Hi·na·ya·na   (hē'nə-yä'nə)   
n.  Offensive Theravada Buddhism.

[Sanskrit Hīnayānam, lesser vehicle (as contrasted with Mahāyānam, greater vehicle; see Mahayana) : hīna-, inferior; see ghē- in Indo-European roots + yānam, vehicle, way; see ei- in Indo-European roots.]
Hi'na·ya'nist n., Hi'na·ya·nis'tic (-yä-nĭs'tĭk) adj.
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