mahatma

noun

Definition of mahatmanext
as in yogi

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  1. yogi
  2. swami
  3. guru
  4. pandit
  5. rabbi
  6. intellectual
  7. intellect
Noun
  • For us, Shiva is the Adiyogi – the first yogi, and the Adiguru – the first guru.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Ahead, here is everything to know about the social worker, yogi, and former makeup artist who brought Meghan Markle into the world.
    — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 15 July 2026
Definition of yogi
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  • Play the damn game without worrying about all that swami stuff.
    — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2026
  • Several sequels followed, including one called Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff, in which Karloff plays a hypnotist swami from the Orient.
    — Jordan Hoffman, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
Definition of swami
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  • Sarin attack Among those executed in 2018 included guru Shoko Asahara and 12 former members of the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult, which orchestrated the 1995 sarin gas attacks on Tokyo's subway system that killed 14 people.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Travel guru Wendy Perrin reveals her family’s personal picks for best family vacations and family hotels.
    — Lanie Goodman, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of guru
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  • Her grandmother isn’t a pandit – in India, as well as in Indian diaspora communities, that’s been a domain that is largely populated by men, with cultural mores at play.
    — Deepti Hajela, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Dec. 2021
  • Her father worked as a pandit -- or Hindu priest -- at a temple, and visited homes to perform rituals.
    — Vedika Sud, Esha Mitra and Julia Hollingsworth, CNN, 11 June 2021
Definition of pandit
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  • But congregants at the Midtown synagogue didn’t let the violence stop them from finishing the Shabbat service, according to Central Synagogue’s senior rabbi.
    — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Ben-Gvir is a follower of Kahanism, a movement named after a long-dead rabbi who espoused violent ethnonationalism and advocated for the expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza and the West Bank.
    — Frank Andrews, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of rabbi
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  • Not in the esoteric way that speaks to intellectuals and insiders.
    — Robin Givhan, Vanity Fair, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Recent developments have made new an old idea that emerged among nineteenth-century intellectuals in tsarist Russia who rebelled against the elite fixation with the West.
    — Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of intellectual
Noun
  • Here was a juicy alleged scandal involving two big names, a public intellectual and an actor publicly known for her intellect.
    — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Our embodied experience often notices shifts before our intellect explains them.
    — Angela Cusack, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of intellect
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