Home › Words › H › hindunesshindunesshinduness · name — synonym of Hindutva.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyCalque of Hindi हिंदुत्व (hindutva) / Bengali হিন্দুত্ব (hindutto, literally “Hinduness”): Hindu + -ness.nameSynonym of Hindutva.e.g.“The BJP advocates the ideology of Hindutva (or Hinduness), which insists that multireligious and multiethnic India is fundamentally a “Hindu Rashtra” (Hindu Nation).” — 2019 May 23, “What you need to know about India’s BJP”, in Al Jazeera:nounThe quality of being Hindu.e.g.“To stand for ‘Hinduness’, which is the soul of this nation and civilisation, was considered ‘communal’ and abused as token ‘Hindu majoritarianism’.” — 2019 May 23, Arun Anand, “Lesson for Rahul Gandhi in 2019: Mocking ‘Hinduness’ won’t work because India is Bharat”, in ThePrint:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).