Meanings
alternative Shintō
- Formerly the state religion of Japan, a type of animism involving the worship of ancestors and nature spirits.
However, as some philosophers[…]have pointed out, Japan's Shinto culture presents life as a spectrum, where objects like rocks can house spirits. This encourages acceptance of humanoid tech.
2026 September 5, Gillian Tett, “America must learn AI lessons from Astro Boy”, in FT Weekend (Opinion section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 91 more example
The number of Shinto deities is very great. The Yengishiki enumerates 3,132 officially recognized shrines, and although the same Gods are reckoned more than once, as being worshipped in different places, still their name is legion.
1905, W.G. Aston, Shinto: The Way of the Gods, page 66
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiverelating to or characteristic of Shintoism
nounthe ancient indigenous religion of Japan lacking formal dogma; characterized by a veneration of nature spirits and of ancestors
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Japanese神道
- EnglishShinto
Borrowing from Japanese 神道 (Shintō), from Middle Chinese 神道 (MC zyin dawX, “ways of the gods”), ultimately from Old Chinese 神道 (OC *hlin l'uːʔ, “ways [doings] of Heaven [in matters of fortune or fate]”).
More words from Japanese
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans sjintoïsme
- sjintoïsmereligion
Arabic شِنْتَوِيَّة, شِنْتُو
- شِنْتَوِيَّة (šintawiyya)religion
- شِنْتُو (šintū)religion
Bulgarian шинтои́зъм
- шинтои́зъм (šintoízăm)religion
Catalan xintoisme
- xintoismereligion
Chinese Cantonese 神道
- 神道 (san⁴ dou⁶)religion
Chinese Mandarin 神道
- 神道 (shéndào)religion
Czech šintoismus
- šintoismusreligion
Dutch Shintoïsme
- Shintoïsmereligion
Esperanto ŝintoismo, Ŝintoo
- ŝintoismoreligion
- Ŝintooreligion
Estonian sintoism
- sintoismreligion
Finnish šintolaisuus, šinto
- šintolaisuusreligion
- šintoreligion
French shintoïsme, shinto
- shintoïsmereligion
- shintoreligion
German Schintoismus, Shintoismus
- Schintoismusreligion
- Shintoismusreligion
- Sintoismusreligion
Greek σιντοϊσμός
- σιντοϊσμός (sintoïsmós)religion
Hebrew שינטו
- שינטו (shinto)religion
Hindi शिन्तो धर्म
- शिन्तो धर्म (śinto dharm)religion
Hungarian sintó, sintoizmus
- sintóreligion
- sintoizmusreligion
Icelandic sjintóismi
- sjintóismireligion
Indonesian Shinto
- Shintoreligion
Italian shintoismo, scintoismo
- shintoismoreligion
- scintoismoreligion
Japanese 神道
- 神道 (shintō)religion
Korean 신도, 신토
- 신도 (sindo)religion
- 신토 (sinto)religion
Latvian sintoisms
- sintoismsreligion
Lithuanian šintoizmas
- šintoizmasreligion
Malay Syinto
- Syintoreligion
Persian شینتو
- شینتو (šinto)religion
Polish szinto, szintoizm
- szintoreligion
- szintoizmreligion
Portuguese xintoísmo
- xintoísmoreligion
Romanian șintoism
- șintoismreligion
Russian синтои́зм
- синтои́зм (sintoízm)religion
Slovak šintoizmus
- šintoizmusreligion
Spanish sintoísmo
- sintoísmoreligion
Swedish shintoism, shinto
- shintoismreligion
- shintoreligion
Tamil சின்த்தோ
- சின்த்தோ (ciṉttō)religion
Thai ชินโต
- ชินโต (chin-dtoh)religion
Turkish şinto
- şintoreligion
Ukrainian синтої́зм
- синтої́зм (syntojízm)religion
Vietnamese Thần đạo
- Thần đạoreligion
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Anagrams
Cite this entry
Shinto. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shinto
“Shinto.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shinto. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Shinto,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shinto.
Source: Shinto on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.