Neo-confucian

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An adherent of Neo-Confucianism.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to Neo-Confucianism.

    "As for K’ang Yu-wei, his first given name was Tsu-i. He was born in 1858, in the district of Nan-hai, Kwangtung, into an old and aristocratic family which for generations had been noted for its Neo-Confucian scholarship."

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neo-confucianist

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"As for K’ang Yu-wei, his first given name was Tsu-i. He was born in 1858, in the district of Nan-hai, Kwangtung, into an old and aristocratic family which for generations had been noted for its Neo-Confucian scholarship."

Etymology

From neo- + Confucian.

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