Shintoism
- a word derived from Shinto.
Example Sentences
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Yoshida says he personally feels a connection to both Buddhism and Shintoism.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 4, 2023
Few regard these rituals as being tethered to any fixed doctrine — Shintoism, an indigenous religion, has no official dogma or scripture.
From New York Times ● May 17, 2023
Still, unique cultural traditions emerged in Japan, from Shintoism and the development of obscure forms of Buddhism to the institutions of insei, the samurai, and the shogun.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
The Gallery Shimada, in Yamaguchi, was presenting his work, and he stayed there long enough to become deeply impressed by Shintoism and by Japanese culture.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 2, 2019
Though Shintoism, the ancient ancestral creed, was re-established when the Emperor issued from his long seclusion, the mass of the population no doubt prefer the less abstract and more ritualistic Buddhism of China and Japan.
From Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life by Child-Villiers, Margaret Elizabeth Leigh
