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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(India, religion, Hinduism) Strict, rigid, fundamentalist, especially in terms of religious belief..
"And even the announcement of Delhi’s own Board of Education came with one of the avowed aims being making students “kattar deshbhakt” (staunch patriots)."
Use kattar when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Kattar means (India, religion, Hinduism) Strict, rigid, fundamentalist, especially in terms of religious belief..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
"And even the announcement of Delhi’s own Board of Education came with one of the avowed aims being making students “kattar deshbhakt” (staunch patriots)."
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