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Definition: Confucianism |
ConfucianismNoun1. The teachings of Confucius emphasizing love for humanity; high value given to learning and to devotion to family (including ancestors); peace; justice; influenced the traditional culture of China. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Confucianism" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1908. (references) |
Crosswords: Confucianism |
| English words defined with "Confucianism": Chou, Chou dynasty, Chow, Chow dynasty, Confucian ♦ Zhou, Zhou dynasty. (references) |
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G.k. Chesterton | Confucianism may be a civilization but it is not a religion. |
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Civil Liberties | Indonesia | A Ministry of Interior circular issued in late March 2000 permits Confucianism to be listed as a religion on marriage license applications, allowing Confucian marriages to be recognized and registered officially in the country. (references) |
Indonesia | The law officially "embraces" five religions--Islam, Catholicism, Protestantism, Buddhism, and Hinduism; however, on June 1, the Government lifted its remaining ban on Jehovah's Witnesses, and in January 2000, President Abdurrahman Wahid lifted the ban on the practice of Confucianism that had existed since 1967. While only these religions are recognized officially, the law also states that other religions are not forbidden. (references) | |
Economic History | Taiwan | Confucianism also is an honored school of thought and ethical code. (references) |
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| "Confucianism" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 95.83% of the time. "Confucianism" is used about 24 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 95.83% | 23 | 72,767 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 4.17% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 24 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "Confucianism": Neo-confucianism. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "Confucianism"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | konfuzianismus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | confucianesimo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | å„'æ•™ , å„'å¦ . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ã›ã„ãょㆠ(canon of Scripture, Christianity, church and state, co-op store, cooperative association, orthodox church, orthodoxy, powerful, prosperity, religion and politics, sacred teachings, success), ã‘ã„ãŒã (Keigaku), ã˜ã‚…ãŒã, ã˜ã‚…ãょã†ã—ã‚…ãŽ, ã˜ã‚…ãょㆠ(chanting or reading the sutras), ã˜ã‚…ã©ã† (passive), ã˜ã‚… (Chinese scholar, Confucianist, go in). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | onfucianismcay confucionismo. (various references) учение КонфуциÑ. (various references) konfucijanizam. (various references) confucionismo. (various references) konfucianism. (various references) konfüçyüsçülük. (various references) конфуціонізм. (various references) đạo Khổng. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Confucianism" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: confucionism, confusionism. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "Confucianism" (pronounced 'Con*fu"cian*ism'): Abolitionism, Absenteeism, Absinthism, Absolutism, Academicism, Academism, Accidentalism, Achromatism, Acosmism, Acrobatism, Acrotism, Actinism, Adiaphorism, AEstheticism, Africanism, Agnosticism, Agonism, Agrarianism, Agriculturism, Albinism, Albinoism, Alcoholism, Alienism, Allodialism, Allomerism, Allomorphism, Allotheism, Alphabetism, Altruism, Amateurism, Americanism, Amorphism, Anabaptism, Anachorism, Anachronism, Anacrotism, Anagrammatism, Analogism, Anamorphism, Anarchism, Anathematism, Anatocism, Anatomism, Anchoretism, Andabatism, Aneurism, Anglicanism, Anglicism, Anglo-Catholicism, Anglo-Saxonism. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-f-i-i-m-n-n-o-s-u" | |
-3 letters: insomniac. | |
-4 letters: amnionic, cinnamic, infamous, infusion, insomnia, misunion, moccasin, musician, nonmusic, sainfoin, simoniac, sinfonia, unionism. | |
-5 letters: acinous, amnions, anionic, anosmic, camions, canonic, cocains, coniums, fanions, ioniums, mafiosi, maniocs, mansion, masonic, minions, miscoin, niacins, nimious, nuncios, omnific, onanism, uncomic. | |
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