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neo-Confucianism

Definition of neo-Confucianism

noun

[mass noun]
  • a movement in religious philosophy derived from Confucianism in China around ad 1000 in response to the ideas of Taoism and Buddhism.

Derivatives

neo-Confucian

adjective & noun

neo-Confucianism in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of neo-Confucianism in the US English dictionary
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