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Shaktism

[ shuhk-tiz-uhm, shahk- ]

noun

, Hinduism.
  1. the worship of Shakti as the wife of Shiva.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Shaktism1

First recorded in 1900–05; Shakt(i) + -ism

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