taoism

noun

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

Definition categories: group, sect

2. religion adhering to the teaching of Lao-tzu

Definition categories: group, faith, religion

3. 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

Definition categories: thought, faith, religion

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

Definition categories: thought