Taoist | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of Taoist in English Taoistadjective uk /ˈtaʊ.ɪst/ us /ˈdaʊ.ɪst/ Add to word list Add to word list relating to or believing in Taoism (= a religion developed originally in ancient China): a Taoist temple Taoist philosophy See Taoism

• The ability to manipulate one's dreams by achieving consciousness in the dream state is a second pillar of Taoist healing.
• The chanting of Taoist monks, the drumming of ceramic bowls and the singing of folk songs accompanied by the sound of a running river were his early musical influences.
• The Ch'an (Zen) sect may have derived its metaphysic from Mahayana, but its psychology was pure early Taoist.

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See more results » Taoistnoun [ C ] uk /ˈtaʊ.ɪst/ us /ˈdaʊ.ɪst/ someone who believes in Taoism (= a religion developed originally in ancient China): Her parents were Taoists. See Taoism

• Taoists believe such events help create conditions for individuals to act in harmony.
• A Taoist, interested in nature, mountains, and alchemy, he wrote over 1000 imaginative and rhapsodic free-style poems.

Religions & religious groups

• Abrahamic
• African Methodist Episcopal Church
• AME
• anti-Catholicism
• anti-Christianity
• evangelicalism
• faith-based
• Free Church
• Gnosticism
• neo-paganism
• non-established
• non-Muslim
• paganism
• Parsee
• Sufic
• Sufism
• Sunni
• super-church
• Taoism
• the God squad

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in Chinese (Traditional) 道教的, 道士, 道家思想的信徒… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 道教的, 道士, 道家思想的信徒… See more in Spanish taoísta… See more in Portuguese taoísta, adepto ao taoísmo, adepta ao taoísmo… See more Need a translator?

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