English dictionary
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English noun: Taoism | |||
| 1. | Taoism (group) a Chinese sect claiming to follow the teaching of Lao-tzu but incorporating pantheism and sorcery in addition to Taoism | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | religious order, religious sect, sect | ||
| Member holonym | Tao, Taoist | ||
| 2. | Taoism (group) religion adhering to the teaching of Lao-tzu | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | faith, organized religion, religion | ||
| Member holonym | Tao, Taoist | ||
| Domain category | Daoism, Taoism | ||
| 3. | Taoism (cognition) popular Chinese philosophical system based in teachings of Lao-tzu but characterized by a pantheism of many gods and the practices of alchemy and divination and magic | ||
| Synonyms | Hsuan Chiao | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | faith, religion, religious belief | ||
| 4. | Taoism (cognition) philosophical system developed by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life and noninterference with the course of natural events | ||
| Synonyms | Daoism | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory | ||
| Part holonym | Tao | ||
| Domain category members | Tao, Taoism | ||
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