Brahmanical
adjective
relating to or characteristic of the doctrines or practices of Brahmanism or Brahmans.
Brahminical
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a variation of
Brahmanical.
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a word derived from
Brahmin.
Example Sentences
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"The mindset remains extraordinarily Brahminical in these elite institutions," said Abha Sur, a historian of science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology who has written about caste and gender in Indian science.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2021
We see Ramanujan in flowing Indian clothes with Brahminical caste marks, chalking endless equations on the floors of a highly decorated Hindu temple.
From Nature ● Mar. 29, 2016
Thanks to the intervention of the English Football Association, these spirits had now been harnessed to rules and ideas of "fair play" that were just as immutable and esoteric as the Brahminical code.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 26, 2010
In the Celestial Empire, in the Buddhistic and Brahminical societies, the political feature of the civilization is clearly enounced, and clearly understood by each individual member.
From The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
Three other creeds, the Brahminical, the Confucian, and that which deifies the heavenly bodies, have many adherents; but their priests all acknowledge a certain religious supremacy to exist in the Kin-rey.
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 448 Volume 18, New Series, July 31, 1852 by William Chambers
