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ZEN BUDDHIST

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An adherent of the doctrines of Zen Buddhism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Zen Buddhist" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Zen Buddhist" is a member of...):

Zen; Zen Buddhism (school of Mahayana Buddhism asserting that enlightenment can come through meditation and intuition rather than faith; China and Japan)

Derivation:

Zen (a Buddhist doctrine that enlightenment can be attained through direct intuitive insight)

Zen (school of Mahayana Buddhism asserting that enlightenment can come through meditation and intuition rather than faith; China and Japan)

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