SHIISM as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the branch of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor to Mohammed and rejects the first three caliphs
   Hypernyms(s) Shiism is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • Islam (what does Islam mean?)
   • Islamism (what does Islamism mean?)
   • Mohammedanism (what does Mohammedanism mean?)
   • Muhammadanism (what does Muhammadanism mean?)
   • Muslimism (what does Muslimism mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • Ismailism (what does Ismailism mean?)