Shinto
English Edit
Alternative forms Edit
Etymology Edit
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]”).
Pronunciation Edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈʃɪn.təʊ/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈʃɪn.toʊ/
- Rhymes: (UK) -ɪntəʊ, (US) -ɪntoʊ
Proper noun Edit
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 Edit
- (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) [edit]
Derived terms Edit
Translations Edit
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Adjective Edit
Shinto (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to, Shintoism.
Anagrams Edit
Indonesian Edit
Etymology Edit
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 [doings] of Heaven [in matters of fortune or fate]”).
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
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 Edit
- “Shinto” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.