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Ch'ŏndoism

Ch'ŏndoism is the alternative form of Cheondoism.

Meaning of Cheondoism

Noun

Cheondoism (uncountable)

  1. A 20th-century Korean religion, incorporating elements of shamanism, based on the 19th-century Donghak movement founded by Ch'oe Che-u and codified under Son Pyŏng-Hi.

Questions about Ch'ŏndoism

What is Ch'ŏndoism the alternative form of?
Ch'ŏndoism is the alternative form of Cheondoism.

Words near Ch'ŏndoism in the dictionary

  1. Ch'ung-ming
  2. Ch'ü-chou
  3. Ch'ü-fou
  4. Ch'ü-fu
  5. Ch'üan-chou
  6. Ch'ŏndoism
  7. Ch*na
  8. Ch*nese
  9. ch-
  10. Ch-le-St
  11. ch.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Ch'ŏndoism (page history and authors); Cheondoism (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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