taoist
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1. an adherent of any branch of Taoism (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | adherent, disciple, |
| definition | : | someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another (noun.person) |
| member meronym | : | taoism, |
| definition | : | religion adhering to the teaching of Lao-tzu (noun.group) |
| member meronym | : | taoism, |
| definition | : | a Chinese sect claiming to follow the teaching of Lao-tzu but incorporating pantheism and sorcery in addition to Taoism (noun.group) |
| derivation | : | daoism, taoism, |
| definition | : | philosophical system developed by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life and noninterference with the course of natural events (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | hsuan chiao, taoism, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | taoism, |
| definition | : | religion adhering to the teaching of Lao-tzu (noun.group) |
| derivation | : | taoism, |
| definition | : | a Chinese sect claiming to follow the teaching of Lao-tzu but incorporating pantheism and sorcery in addition to Taoism (noun.group) |
2. of or relating to the philosophical system developed by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life (adj.pert)
| pertainym | : | daoism, taoism, |
| definition | : | philosophical system developed by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life and noninterference with the course of natural events (noun.cognition) |
3. of or relating to the popular Chinese religious system based on the teachings of Lao-tzu but including a pantheon of gods along with divination and magic (adj.pert)
| pertainym | : | hsuan chiao, taoism, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.cognition) |
4. an adherent of any branch of Taoism (noun.person)
| derivation | : | daoism, taoism, |
| definition | : | philosophical system developed by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life and noninterference with the course of natural events (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | hsuan chiao, taoism, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | taoism, |
| definition | : | religion adhering to the teaching of Lao-tzu (noun.group) |
| derivation | : | taoism, |
| definition | : | a Chinese sect claiming to follow the teaching of Lao-tzu but incorporating pantheism and sorcery in addition to Taoism (noun.group) |
5. of or relating to the philosophical system developed by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life (adj.pert)
| pertainym | : | daoism, taoism, |
| definition | : | philosophical system developed by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life and noninterference with the course of natural events (noun.cognition) |
6. of or relating to the popular Chinese religious system based on the teachings of Lao-tzu but including a pantheon of gods along with divination and magic (adj.pert)
| pertainym | : | hsuan chiao, taoism, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.cognition) |
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