Taoism

English

Alternative forms

• Daoism
• (dated) Tauism

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.

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)
• French: taoïsme (fr) m
• Georgian: დაოსიზმი (ka) (daosizmi)
• German: Taoismus (de), Daoismus (de) m
• Greek: ταοϊσμός (el) m (taoïsmós)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: taoizmus (hu)
• Icelandic: daoismi m
• Indonesian: Taoisme (id)
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• Khmer: សាសនាតាវ (saasnaa taavɔɔ)
• 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)

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
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• Finnish: taolaisuus (fi)
• Japanese: 道教 (ja) (どうきょう, dōkyō)
• Korean: 도교 (dogyo) (道敎 (ko))
• Latvian: daoisms m
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: taoismo m
• Vietnamese: Đạo giáo, đạo Lão, đạo Hoàng Lão, Đạo gia

Anagrams

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