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Taoism vs Catholicism - What's the difference?

taoism | catholicism |

As nouns the difference between taoism and catholicism

is that taoism is a Chinese mystical philosophy traditionally founded by Lao-tzu in the 6th century B.C. that teaches conformity to the tao by unassertive action and simplicity while Catholicism is the faiths, practices and doctrines of a Catholic Church, but especially of the Roman Catholic Church.

taoism

English

(wikipedia Taoism)

Noun

(en noun)
  • a Chinese mystical philosophy traditionally founded by Lao-tzu in the 6th century B.C. that teaches conformity to the tao by unassertive action and simplicity
  • a religion developed from Taoist philosophy and folk and Buddhist religion and concerned with obtaining long life and good fortune often by magical means

    • Related terms

    * tao * Taoist

    Anagrams

    * * English words suffixed with -ism

    catholicism

    English

    (wikipedia Catholicism)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The faiths, practices and doctrines of a Catholic Church, but especially of the Roman Catholic Church.
  • * 2011 , Connie Green, Religious Diversity and Children's Literature, p 156
    • Catholicism is the second largest religious body after Sunni Muslims

    Hypernyms

    * Christianity, trinitarianism

    Coordinate terms

    * Mormonism, Protestantism, Quakerism