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Taouism

Taouism proper noun: dated spelling of Taoism.

Proper noun

Taouism

  1. Dated spelling of Taoism.
    • M. Constant's opinion concerning the Chinese, we are sorry to say, has a great deal of truth in it : they are, he observes, of all people the most attached to materialism, they have no notion of spirituality, they are blind fatalists ; their doctrine is far more dry than any other pantheistic...1832 December, “Literary Notices”, in The Chinese Repository, volume 1, number 8, Canton, →OCLC, page 340
    • Among these recluses arose one who was noted as a deep and original thinker, and who became the founder of Taouism. This was Laou-tsze, the old philosopher, who was born about fifty years before Confucius.1879, Robert K. Douglas, Confucianism and Taouism, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, →OCLC, →OL, page 174

Questions about Taouism

What does Taouism mean?
Taouism means dated spelling of Taoism.
What part of speech is Taouism?
Taouism is a proper noun.

Words near Taouism in the dictionary

  1. taotao
  2. taotaos
  3. Taothingmang
  4. taotie
  5. taoties
  6. Taouism
  7. Taouist
  8. Taouists
  9. taoyin
  10. taoyins
  11. Taoyuan

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