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Shaktism

American  
[shuhk-tiz-uhm, shahk-] / ˈʃʌk tɪz əm, ˈʃɑk- /
Also Saktism

noun

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


Etymology

Origin of Shaktism

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

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