TAOIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Taoist mean? 

• TAOIST (noun)
  The noun TAOIST has 1 sense:

1. an adherent of any branch of Taoism

  Familiarity information: TAOIST used as a noun is very rare.

• TAOIST (adjective)
  The adjective TAOIST has 2 senses:

1. of or relating to the popular Chinese religious system based on the teachings of Lao-tzu but including a pantheon of gods along with divination and magic

2. of or relating to the philosophical system developed by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life

  Familiarity information: TAOIST used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TAOIST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An adherent of any branch of Taoism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Tao; Taoist

Hypernyms ("Taoist" is a kind of...):

adherent; disciple (someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another)

Holonyms ("Taoist" is a member of...):

Taoism (religion adhering to the teaching of Lao-tzu)

Taoism (a Chinese sect claiming to follow the teaching of Lao-tzu but incorporating pantheism and sorcery in addition to Taoism)

Derivation:

Taoism (philosophical system developed by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life and noninterference with the course of natural events)

Taoism (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)

Taoism (religion adhering to the teaching of Lao-tzu)

Taoism (a Chinese sect claiming to follow the teaching of Lao-tzu but incorporating pantheism and sorcery in addition to Taoism)

• TAOIST (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the popular Chinese religious system based on the teachings of Lao-tzu but including a pantheon of gods along with divination and magic

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

Taoist temples

Pertainym:

Taoism (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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to the philosophical system developed by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Taoism (philosophical system developed by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life and noninterference with the course of natural events)