Shaktism

noun

Shak·​tism ˈshäk-ˌti-zəm 

ˈsäk-

variants or less commonly Saktism

: a Hindu sect worshipping Shakti under various names (such as Kali or Durga) in a cult of devotion to the female principle often with magical or orgiastic rites

Word History

First Known Use

1877, in the meaning defined above