juggernautˈdʒʌg ərˌnɔt, -ˌnɒt
juggernaut (n)
- plural
- juggernauts
English Definitions:
juggernaut, steamroller (noun)
a massive inexorable force that seems to crush everything in its way
Jagannath, Jagannatha, Jagganath, Juggernaut (noun)
an avatar of Vishnu
Juggernaut (noun)
a crude idol of Krishna
juggernaut (Noun)
A literal or metaphorical force or object regarded as unstoppable, that will crush all in its path.
juggernaut (Noun)
A large, cumbersome truck or lorry, especially an artic (typically used somewhat disparagingly).
juggernaut (Noun)
An institution that incites destructive devotion or to which people are carelessly sacrificed.
Juggernaut
A juggernaut in colloquial English usage is a literal or metaphorical force regarded as mercilessly destructive and unstoppable. In British English, it also used to mean a large heavy truck or articulated lorry. Originating ca. 1850, the term is a metaphorical reference to the Hindu Ratha Yatra temple car, which apocryphally was reputed to crush devotees under its wheels. The word is derived from the Sanskrit Jagannātha "world-lord", one of the names of Krishna found in the Sanskrit epics. The English loanword juggernaut in the sense of "a huge wagon bearing an image of a Hindu god" is from the 17th century, inspired by the Jagannath Temple in Puri, Odisha, which has the Ratha Yatra, an annual procession of chariots carrying the murtis of Jagannâth, Subhadra and Balabhadra. The first European description of this festival is found in the 14th-century The Travels of Sir John Mandeville, which apocryphally describes Hindus, as a religious sacrifice, casting themselves under the wheels of these huge chariots and being crushed to death. Others have suggested more prosaically that the deaths, if any, were accidental and caused by the press of the crowd and the general commotion.
Juggernaut
A juggernaut ( (listen)), in current English usage, is a literal or metaphorical force regarded as merciless, destructive, and unstoppable. This English usage originated in the mid-nineteenth century and was adapted from the Sanskrit word Jagannath.
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