Definitions for juggernaut
ˈdʒʌg ərˌnɔt, -ˌnɒtjug·ger·naut

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.0 / 2 votes

1. juggernaut, steamrollernoun

   a massive inexorable force that seems to crush everything in its way

2. Jagannath, Jagannatha, Jagganath, Juggernautnoun

   an avatar of Vishnu

3. Juggernautnoun

   a crude idol of Krishna

GCIDERate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Juggernautnoun

   Any large, unstoppable force, power, or popular movement which defeats or destroys any person who gets in its way or attempts to stop it; as, for years the Notre Dame football team was an unstoppable juggernaut; after the early primaries, Johnson's campaign became a juggernaut, crushing all rivals.

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. juggernautnoun

   A literal or metaphorical force or object regarded as unstoppable, that will crush all in its path.

2. juggernautnoun

   A large, cumbersome truck or lorry, especially an artic (typically used somewhat disparagingly).

3. juggernautnoun

   An institution that incites destructive devotion or to which people are carelessly sacrificed.

4. Etymology: From Hindustani जगन्नाथ/ ଜଗନ୍ନାଥ/ جگناتھ, from जगन्नाथ (), a title for the Hindu deity Vishnu's avatar Krishna. English form influenced by suffix -naut.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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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1. juggernaut

   A juggernaut is a powerful and overwhelming force or institution that is seemingly unstoppable and destructive. This term can be used to refer to a large, powerful organization or object, like a political movement, a potent vehicle, a huge idea or even a dominant sports team. It originates from the ancient Indian chariot of the deity Jagannath, whose massive chariot was said to crush devotees under its wheels.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Juggernautnoun

   one of the names under which Vishnu, in his incarnation as Krishna, is worshiped by the Hindoos

2. Etymology: [Skr. jaganntha lord of the world.]

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1. 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.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Juggernaut

   jug′er-nawt, n. an idol of the Hindu god Vishnu, beneath whose car devotees were supposed to immolate themselves; hence the 'car of Juggernaut' stands metaphorically for any Moloch of self-sacrifice. [Sans. Jagannātha, lord of the world.]

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1. Juggernaut

   (22) or Puri, a town on the S. coast of Orissa, in Bengal; one of the holy places of India, with a temple dedicated to Vishnu, and containing an idol of him called Jagannâtha (or the Lord of the World), which, in festival times, attracts thousands of pilgrims to worship at its shrine, on one of which occasions the idol is dragged forth in a ponderous car by the pilgrims and back again, under the wheels of which, till prohibited, multitudes would throw themselves to be crushed to death in the hope of thereby attaining a state of eternal beatitude.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of juggernaut in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of juggernaut in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of juggernaut in a Sentence

1. David Weild:

   The business has been a juggernaut. They've got a great platform they can build off of.

2. Keith Ellison:

   However, Ellison’s past associations and commentsmay trouble more moderate voters. Ellison’s 2006 run for Keith Ellison seat was plunged into controversy after the conservative PowerLineBlog.com found he had once identified with Farrakhan’s Nation of Islam and in 1998 was referring to himself as Keith X Ellison and Keith Ellison-Muhammed. The Washington Post reported that Keith Ellison had defended Farrakhan against accusations of anti-Semitism in 1989 and in 1990 had called affirmative action a sneaky form of compensation for slavery, calling instead for reparations. When the controversy erupted in 2006, Keith Ellison acknowledged Keith Ellison had worked with the group, but only for 18 months to help organize Farrakhan's 1995 Million Man March. Keith Ellison distanced Keith Ellison from both Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam, and said Keith Ellison had n’t scruitinized the group's anti-Semitic positions appropriately. They were and are anti-Semitic, and I should have come to that conclusion earlier than I did, Keith Ellison said. Yet it is n’t the only controversy for Keith Ellison. In 2007, Keith Ellison made a comparison between Bush and 9/11 to Hitler and the 1933 Reichstag fire. 9/11 is the juggernaut in American history and it allows... it's almost like, you know, the Reichstag fire, after the Reichstag was burned, they blamed the Communists for it, and it put the leader of that country [ Hitler ] in a position where he could basically have authority to do whatever he wanted. He later clarified that he did indeed believe that Usama bin Laden was responsible for the terror attacks. But it was n’t the only controversy for Ellison in 2007, as he also backed a movement to impeach then-Vice President Dick Cheney over his alleged fabrication of intelligence about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. However, Brad Bannon believes that Ellison’s Muslim heritage could be a boost not a burden, especially in light of Trump’s elevation Sunday of controversial Breitbart boss Steve Bannon to chief strategist.

3. Constantino Chiwenga:

   It is a ruthless juggernaut that leaves a trail of despair and desperation.

4. Justice James Burke:

   I would caution you about the tentacles of your public relations juggernaut.

5. Counterpoint Research analyst Neil Shah:

   It is both a boon and a bane to have Apple as a customer https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-03/apple-supplier-learns-downside-of-living-at-juggernaut-s-mercy

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=juggernaut
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=juggernaut
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Juggernaut
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juggernaut
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/juggernaut
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=juggernaut
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=juggernaut
9. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Juggernaut