Mahdism
name
name ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 belief in the appearance of the Mahdi; devotion to a Mahdi wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 Islamic messianism regarding the coming of the Mahdi
"Mahdism has proved the most shameful and terrible instrument of bloodshed and oppression which the modern world has ever witnessed."
Example
More examples"Mahdism has proved the most shameful and terrible instrument of bloodshed and oppression which the modern world has ever witnessed."
Etymology
From Mahdi + -ism.
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