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Buddhism

Definition of Buddhism

(noun) A belief system of many groups (particularly in Asia) that follows Buddhist doctrine as taught by Gautama Buddha.

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Buddhism Pronunciation

Pronunciation Usage Guide

Syllabification: bud·dhism

Audio Pronunciation

– American English
– British English

Phonetic Spelling

  • American English – /bU-diz-uhm/
  • British English – /bUd-i-zuhm/

International Phonetic Alphabet

  • American English – /ˈbuˌdɪz(ə)m/
  • British English – /ˈbʊdɪz(ə)m/

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Works Consulted

The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. 5th ed. 2011. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

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Kimmel, Michael S., and Amy Aronson. 2012. Sociology Now. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

Marsh, Ian, and Mike Keating, eds. 2006. Sociology: Making Sense of Society. 3rd ed. Harlow, England: Pearson Education.

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Random House Webster’s College Dictionary. 1997. New York: Random House.

Wikipedia contributors. (N.d.) Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation. (https://en.wikipedia.org/).

Cite the Definition of Buddhism

ASA – American Sociological Association (5th edition)

Bell, Kenton, ed. 2013. “Buddhism.” In Open Education Sociology Dictionary. Retrieved March 29, 2024 (https://sociologydictionary.org/buddhism/).

APA – American Psychological Association (6th edition)

Buddhism. (2013). In K. Bell (Ed.), Open education sociology dictionary. Retrieved from https://sociologydictionary.org/buddhism/

Chicago/Turabian: Author-Date – Chicago Manual of Style (16th edition)

Bell, Kenton, ed. 2013. “Buddhism.” In Open Education Sociology Dictionary. Accessed March 29, 2024. https://sociologydictionary.org/buddhism/.

MLA – Modern Language Association (7th edition)

“Buddhism.” Open Education Sociology Dictionary. Ed. Kenton Bell. 2013. Web. 29 Mar. 2024. <https://sociologydictionary.org/buddhism/>.