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Shaktism

[ shuhk-tiz-uh m, shahk- ]

/ ˈʃʌk tɪz əm, ˈʃɑk- /

noun Hinduism.

the worship of Shakti as the wife of Shiva.

Origin of Shaktism

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

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