zen buddhism

What does zen buddhism mean?

zen buddhism means "school of Mahayana Buddhism asserting that enlightenment can come through meditation and intuition rather than faith; China and Japan". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for zen buddhism?

Close synonyms include Zen, Zen. 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 zen buddhism a common word?

zen buddhism is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for zen buddhism come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.