Shintoist

S1H4I1N1T1O1I1S1T1

noun

An adherent of Shinto / Shintoism.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

nounShintoist (plural Shintoists)

plural Shintoists · alternative Shintōist

  1. An adherent of Shinto / Shintoism.

    […]; and the modern Shintoist concludes that the primæval Japanese were pure and holy from the fact that they are represented as a people who had no moral commandments.

    1900, Edward Westermarck, “Remarks on the Predicates of Moral Judgments”, in Mind, volume 9, page 187
adjective

alternative Shintōist

  1. Of or pertaining to Shinto / Shintoism.

    From all accounts he was a hard-working idealist, who spared no pains to make converts, but his ascetic views must seem violently out of harmony with the Shintoist easy-going faith, which has for moral code the single maxim, "Follow your impulses and obey the Emperor."

    1901, Osman Edwards, Japanese Plays and Playfellows, page 245

    Synonyms: Shintoistic

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveOf or pertaining to Shinto / Shintoism.

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiverelating to or characteristic of Shintoism

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 神道信徒
  • 神道信徒adherent of Shinto / Shintoism
Finnish šintolainen
  • šintolainenadherent of Shinto / Shintoism
German Schintoist, Shintoist
  • Schintoistadherent of Shinto / Shintoism
  • Shintoistadherent of Shinto / Shintoism
  • Schintoistinadherent of Shinto / Shintoism
  • Shintoistinadherent of Shinto / Shintoism
  • schintoistischof or pertaining to Shinto / Shintoism
  • shintoistischof or pertaining to Shinto / Shintoism
Portuguese xintoísta, xintoísta
  • xintoístaadherent of Shinto / Shintoism
  • xintoístaof or pertaining to Shinto / Shintoism
Spanish sintoísta, sintoísta
  • sintoístaadherent of Shinto / Shintoism
  • sintoístaof or pertaining to Shinto / Shintoism
Vietnamese Thần đạo
  • Thần đạoadherent of Shinto / Shintoism
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