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SHINTOISM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The ancient indigenous religion of Japan lacking formal dogma; characterized by a veneration of nature spirits and of ancestors
Synonyms:
Shinto; Shintoism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Shintoism" is a kind of...):
faith; religion; religious belief (a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny)
Derivation:
Shintoist (a believer in Shintoism)
Shintoistic (relating to or characteristic of Shintoism)
