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Shak⋅tism

  [shuhk-tiz-uhm, shahk-]
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–noun Hinduism.
the worship of Shakti as the wife of Shiva.
Also, Saktism.

Origin:
1900–05; Shakt(i) + -ism
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Shak·ta   (shäk'tə, säk'-)   
n.   Hinduism
One who worships Shakti.

[Sanskrit śāktaḥ, from śaktiḥ, Shakti; see Shakti.]
Shak'tism n., Shak'tist n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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