Meanings
plural Shintoists · alternative Shintōist
- 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
alternative Shintōist
- 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 245Synonyms: 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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Shintoist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shintoist
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