Swadeshi

[ swuh-dey-shee ]

noun
  1. a political movement in British India that encouraged domestic production and the boycott of foreign, especially British, goods as a step toward home rule.

Origin of Swadeshi

1
1900–05; <Hindi or Bengali svadesī, equivalent to sva- self, own + desī native

Words Nearby Swadeshi

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How to use Swadeshi in a sentence

  • Following out the Swadeshi spirit, I observe the indigenous institutions and the village panchayats hold me.

  • After much thinking I have arrived at a definition of Swadeshi that, perhaps, best illustrates my meaning.

  • Hinduism has become a conservative religion and, therefore, a mighty force because of the Swadeshi spirit underlying it.

  • We have laboured under a terrible handicap owing to an almost fatal departure from the Swadeshi spirit.

  • There now remains for me to consider one more objection that has been raised against Swadeshi.

British Dictionary definitions for Swadeshi

Swadeshi

/ (swəˈdeɪʃɪ) /


adjective
  1. (in present-day India) produced within the country; not imported

noun
  1. (in British India) the encouragement of domestic production and boycott of foreign goods as part of the campaign for independence

Origin of Swadeshi

1
C20: from Bengali svadesī, from Sanskrit svadeśin, from sva one's own + deśa country

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