Shinto
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
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 of Heaven ”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈʃɪn.təʊ/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈʃɪn.toʊ/
- Rhymes: (UK) -ɪntəʊ, (US) -ɪntoʊ
Proper noun
Shinto
- Formerly the state religion of Japan, a type of animism involving the worship of ancestors and nature spirits.
- 1905, W.G. Aston, Shinto: The Way of the Gods, page 66:
- 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.
Coordinate terms
- (religions) religion; agnosticism, Asatru, atheism, Ayyavazhi, Baháʼí Faith, Bon, Buddhism, Cao Dai, Cheondoism, Christianity, deism, Druidry, Druze, Eckankar, Heathenry, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Jediism, Judaism, Kimbanguism, Odinism, paganism, Pastafarianism, Raëlism, Rastafarianism, Rodnovery, Romuva, Samaritanism, Sanamahism, Shinto, Sikhism, Taoism, Tengrism, Thelema, Unitarian Universalism, Wicca, Yahwism, Yazidism, Yoruba, Zoroastrianism (Category: en:Religion)
Derived terms
Translations
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Adjective
Shinto (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to, Shintoism.
Anagrams
Indonesian
Etymology
Unadapted 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 of Heaven ”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Shinto (first-person possessive Shintoku, second-person possessive Shintomu, third-person possessive Shintonya)
- Shinto (formerly the state religion of Japan, a type of animism involving the worship of ancestors and nature spirits in Japan)
Further reading
- “Shinto” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.