Taoism

English

Alternative forms

Daoism
(dated) Tauism

Etymology

Tao +‎ -ism

Noun

Taoism (countable and uncountable, plural Taoisms)

A Chinese mystical philosophy traditionally founded by Lao-tzu in the 6th century BCE that teaches conformity to the tao by unassertive action and simplicity.
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; Bahá'í Faith,‎ Buddhism,‎ Cao Dai,‎ Christianity,‎ Confucianism,‎ deism,‎ Druidry,‎ Eckankar,‎ Heathenry,‎ Hinduism,‎ Islam,‎ Jainism,‎ Judaism,‎ Kimbanguism,‎ paganism,‎ Raëlism,‎ Rastafarianism,‎ Shinto,‎ Sikhism,‎ Taoism,‎ Thelema,‎ Unitarian Universalism,‎ Wicca,‎ Yoruba,‎ Zoroastrianism ^{(Category: en:Religion)} ^[edit]

Related terms

tao
Taoist

Translations

Chinese philosophy founded by Lao-tzu

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: taoisme m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 道家 (zh) (dàojiā)
Danish: taoisme c, daoisme c
Finnish: taolaisuus (fi)
French: taoïsme (fr) m
German: Taoismus (de), Daoismus (de) m
Greek: ταοϊσμός (el) m (taoïsmós)
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: taoizmus (hu)
Indonesian: Taoisme (id)
Khmer: សាសនាតាវ (saasnaa taavɔɔ)

Latvian: daoisms m
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 (láttí dtăo)

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)
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
Vietnamese: Đạo giáo, đạo Lão, đạo Hoàng Lão, Đạo gia

Anagrams

Maoist, Samiot, Satomi, Tomasi, mastoi, stomia

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