Definitions for Confucianism

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Confucianism Con·fu·cian·ism

Spelling: [kuh n-fyoo-shuh-niz-uh m]

IPA: /kənˈfyu ʃəˌnɪz əm/

Confucianism is a 12 letter English word.

You can make 646 anagrams from letters in Confucianism (accfiimnnosu).

Definitions for Confucianism

noun

1. the system of ethics, education, and statesmanship taught by Confucius and his disciples, stressing love for humanity, ancestor worship, reverence for parents, and harmony in thought and conduct.

Origin of Confucianism

First recorded in 1860-65; Confucian + -ism

Examples for Confucianism

The system known as Confucianism was not originated by Confucius.

Taoism cannot be understood without some knowledge of Confucianism and vice versa.

Confucianism is even less deserving the name of a religion than Shinto.

Buddhism, Confucianism, Shintoism, are impartially recognised.

And yet this rule is the very essence of Confucianism and was borrowed from it.

In another way Confucianism is opposed to Western civilisation.

Loyalty is the one idea which dominates all others in the Confucianism of Japan.

Confucianism is—but perhaps you will not understand this—more a philosophy than a religion.

But it is Confucianism that has remained the creed of educated China.

Confucianism is therefore entirely a system of morality, and not a religion.