NOUN | person | Tao, Taoist | an adherent of any branch of Taoism |
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cognition | Tao | the ultimate principle of the universe |
Sounds | daw'; taw' | |
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Rhymes | endow ... landau / Landau: 3 rhymes with daw... | |
kowtow |
Meaning | An adherent of any branch of Taoism. | |
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Synonym | Taoist | |
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 | |
Broader | disciple, adherent | someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another |
Spanish | taoista, taoísta | |
Catalan | taoista, Tao |
Meaning | The ultimate principle of the universe. | |
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Category | Taoism, Daoism | philosophical system developed by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life and noninterference with the course of natural events |
Part of | Taoism, Daoism | philosophical system developed by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life and noninterference with the course of natural events |
Broader | principle | A basic truth or law or assumption / assumption |
Spanish | tao, Tao |
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