taoism

Other forms of taoism

plural

taoisms·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about taoism

What does taoism mean?

taoism means "a Chinese sect claiming to follow the teaching of Lao-tzu but incorporating pantheism and sorcery in addition to Taoism". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in taoism?

taoism has 3 syllables: ta-o-ism. The stress falls on "ta". In IPA it is /ˈdaʊɪzəm/.

What is another word for taoism?

Close synonyms include Hsuan Chiao, Daoism. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is taoism a common word?

taoism is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.