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karma (kärmə, kʉr-)

noun

  1. Buddhism, Hinduism the totality of a person's actions in any one of the successive states of that person's existence, thought of as determining the fate of the next stage
  2. loosely fate; destiny

Etymology: Sans, a deed, act, fate < IE base *kwer-, to make, form > Welsh pryd, shape, time

karma Related Forms
kar·mic adjective
karma Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • generate: The second question is whether abortion always generates bad karma, or in Western terms, is it ever " justified.
  • create: Doing what he had done had created major karma.
  • have: Whoever has the highest karma at the end of the week gets made moderator, then their karma gets reset to zero.
  • accumulate: It will also clear a lot of accumulated karma, making space for the new order.
  • get: Bugs Bugs, bugs, now I'm at war Got a bug karma, it's bed-bugs for sure.
  • bring: Abusing a partner's kindness will bring back heavy karma and will be paid in full.

Adjective modifier

  • dialectical: By labeling the cause good or bad I produce dialectical karma.
  • bad: At no stage of a human life within society can bad karma be avoided.
  • negative: Negative karma can be negated by the Law of Grace.
  • instant: Surround with potted plants and some pebbles for instant karma.
  • moral: This is why psychological karma is different from moral karma.
  • psychological: This is why psychological karma is different from moral karma.

Modifies a noun

  • quoth...: At 2:11 AM, karma quoth... honey you had surgery on your ass?
  • chameleon: So when did the karma chameleon start cultivating an interest in politics?
  • sutra: One person in particular looks like he's auditioning to be in the next karma sutra, only with clothes and on a train.
  • ': The Indian term ' karma ' is ideal for my purpose.
  • yoga: His life was ' karma yoga ' in practice.
  • vote: Karma votes are a method to vote the ' karma ' of an item.

Noun used with modifier

  • ': The Indian term ' karma ' is ideal for my purpose.
  • term: The Indian term ' karma ' is ideal for my purpose.

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