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SHIISM

• SHIISM (noun)
The noun SHIISM has 1 sense:

1. the branch of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor to Mohammed and rejects the first three caliphs

Familiarity information: SHIISM used as a noun is very rare.

• SHIISM (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The branch of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor to Mohammed and rejects the first three caliphs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Shiism" is a kind of...):

Islam; Islamism; Mohammedanism; Muhammadanism; Muslimism (the monotheistic religious system of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Koran)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Shiism"):

Ismailism (the branch of Shiism noted for its esoteric philosophy)

"Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today."
(English proverb)
"A coward dies a thousand times before his death. The valiant never taste of death but once."
(William Shakespeare)
"The fool has his answer on the tip of his tongue."
(Arabic proverb)
"Where there is smoke, there is fire too."
(Croatian proverb)

Useful links:
Definition of Mohammedanism
Definition of Islamism
Definition of Muslimism
Definition of Ismailism
Definition of Muhammadanism

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