单词	Shinto
释义	Shinto /ˈʃɪntəʊ / noun [mass noun] A Japanese religion dating from the early 8th century and incorporating the worship of ancestors and nature spirits and a belief in sacred power (kami) in both animate and inanimate things. It was the state religion of Japan until 1945. See also Amaterasu.The kami can be likened to nature spirits, and Shinto shrines are usually found in areas of natural beauty.... Many Shinto beliefs were incorporated into Japanese Buddhist practices after its introduction in the 6th century. The mythic basis of Shinto is the belief in kami. Derivatives Shintoism /ˈʃɪntəʊɪz(ə)m/ noun ... Think of state Confucianism in China, Shintoism in Japan, or most caesaro-papist imperial cults. But Shintoism's kamikaze pilots were not motivated by afterlife rewards. The same myth was later used in Japan for similar purposes, with Shintoism being the competing indigenous teaching. Shintoist /ˈʃɪntəʊɪst/ noun ... A smattering of noodle shops leads into an Asian quarter thick with Buddhists, Shintoists and Confucians. Buddhists and Shintoists are Pagans, as are Hindus, Sikhs, and the animists who are found in all parts of the world. Most are Buddhist and/or Shintoist, if they have any specific sentiment at all. Origin Japanese, from Chinese shéndào 'way of the gods'. Rhymes pinto
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