Taoism

English

Alternative forms

• Daoism
• (dated) Tauism, Taouism

Chinese character for the word Tao (道).

Etymology

Tao +‎ -ism

Noun

Taoism (countable and uncountable, plural Taoisms)

1. A Chinese mystical philosophy traditionally founded by Lao-tzu in the 6th century B.C.E. that teaches conformity to the tao by unassertive action and simplicity.
2. A religion developed from Taoist philosophy and folk and Buddhist religion and concerned with obtaining long life and good fortune often by magical means.
3. (Singapore) traditional Chinese folk religion

Coordinate terms

• (religions) religion; agnosticism,‎ Asatru,‎ atheism,‎ Ayyavazhi,‎ Baháʼí Faith,‎ Bon,‎ Buddhism,‎ Cao Dai,‎ Cheondoism,‎ Christianity,‎ deism,‎ Druidry,‎ Druze,‎ Eckankar,‎ Heathenry,‎ Hinduism,‎ Islam,‎ Jainism,‎ Jediism,‎ Judaism,‎ Kimbanguism,‎ Odinism,‎ paganism,‎ Pastafarianism,‎ Raëlism,‎ Rastafarianism,‎ Rodnovery,‎ Romuva,‎ Samaritanism,‎ Sanamahism,‎ Shinto,‎ Sikhism,‎ Taoism,‎ Tengrism,‎ Thelema,‎ Unitarian Universalism,‎ Wicca,‎ Yahwism,‎ Yazidism,‎ Yoruba,‎ Zoroastrianism ^{(Category: en:Religion) [edit]}

Related terms

• tao
• Taoist

Translations

Chinese philosophy founded by Lao-tzu

• Arabic: طاوية
• Catalan: taoisme m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 道家 (dou⁶ gaa¹)

  Mandarin: 道家 (zh) (dàojiā)

• Czech: taoismus (cs) m
• Danish: taoisme c, daoisme c
• Dutch: taoïsme (nl) n
• Finnish: taolaisuus (fi), taoismi (fi)
• French: taoïsme (fr) m
• Georgian: დაოსიზმი (ka) (daosizmi)
• German: Taoismus (de), Daoismus (de) m
• Greek: ταοϊσμός (el) m (taoïsmós)
• Hindi: ताओ धर्म (tāo dharm)
• Hungarian: taoizmus (hu)
• Icelandic: daoismi m
• Indonesian: Taoisme (id)
• Khmer: សាសនាតាវ (saasnaa taavɔɔ)
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• Latvian: daoisms m
• Lithuanian: daoizmas
• Macedonian: таои́зам m (taoízam)
• Malay: Taoisme
• Norwegian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: taoizm (pl) m
• Portuguese: taoísmo (pt) m
• Russian: даоси́зм (ru) m (daosízm)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: taoizam (sh) m, daoizam m

• Spanish: taoísmo (es) m
• Swahili: Utao
• Tamil: தாவோயியம் (tāvōyiyam)
• Thai: ลัทธิเต๋า (th) (láttí dtăo)
• Turkish: taoizm (tr)
• Welsh: Taoaeth f

religion developed from Taoist philosophy

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 道教 (dou⁶ gaau³)

  Hakka: 道教 (Tho-kau)

  Mandarin: 道教 (zh) (dàojiào)

  Min Nan: 道教 (zh-min-nan) (Tō-kàu)

• Danish: taoisme c, daoisme c
• Finnish: taolaisuus (fi), taoismi (fi)
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• Japanese: 道教 (ja) (どうきょう, dōkyō)
• Korean: 도교(道敎) (ko) (dogyo)
• Latvian: daoisms m
• Russian: даосизм (ru) (daosizm)
• Spanish: taoismo m
• Vietnamese: Đạo giáo, đạo Lão, đạo Hoàng Lão, Đạo gia
• Welsh: Taoaeth f

Anagrams

• Maoist, Máoist, Samiot, Satomi, Tomasi, mastoi, stomia