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SHINTOIST

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A believer in Shintoism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Shintoist" is a kind of...):

adherent; disciple (someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another)

Holonyms ("Shintoist" is a member of...):

Shinto (the native religion and former ethnic cult of Japan)

Derivation:

Shintoism (the ancient indigenous religion of Japan lacking formal dogma; characterized by a veneration of nature spirits and of ancestors)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or characteristic of Shintoism

Example:

Shinto temples

Synonyms:

Shinto; Shintoist; Shintoistic

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Shintoism (the ancient indigenous religion of Japan lacking formal dogma; characterized by a veneration of nature spirits and of ancestors)

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