taoism

Noun taoism has 4 senses

• taoism(n = noun.group) - a Chinese sect claiming to follow the teaching of Lao-tzu but incorporating pantheism and sorcery in addition to Taoism;
is a kind of religious order, religious sect, sect
Derived form noun taoist₁

• taoism(n = noun.group) - religion adhering to the teaching of Lao-tzu;
is a kind of faith, organized religion, religion
Derived form noun taoist₁

• taoism(n = noun.cognition) hsuan chiao - 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;
is a kind of faith, religion, religious belief
Derived form noun taoist₁

• taoism(n = noun.cognition) daoism - philosophical system developed by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life and noninterference with the course of natural events;
is a kind of philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory
has parts: tao
Derived form noun taoist₁