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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   philosophical system developed by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life and noninterference with the course of natural events wordnet

Proper Noun

1. 1
   Alternative spelling of Taoism. alt-of, alternative

Synonyms

All synonyms

taoismtaoism

Example

More examples

""What's your religion, Cassandra?" "Sheela, I think I tend towards Animism, like Shinto or Daoism.""

Etymology

From Taoism but influenced by the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 道 (Dào).

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