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–noun
(in Shiʿite Islam)
the practice of denying one's religion, permissible when one is faced with persecution, esp. by Sunnites: regarded as a means of protecting the religion.
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ta⋅qi⋅ya.
Origin:
< Ar
taqiyyah
lit., caution, prudence
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