|əˈdərmə noun
( -s )
Usage: sometimes capitalized
Etymology: Sanskrit, from a- a- (II) + dharma virtue — more at dharma
1. Hinduism : individual disharmony with the nature of things : nonconformity to one's worldly situation — opposed to dharma
2. Jainism : the uncreated and eternal substance that enables souls and matter to be inactive : the ontological principle of rest
adharma is compared to earth, on which creatures lie and stand — Heinrich Zimmer
— compare dharma