Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shintoism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.66 in modern English

Syllables: shin-to-ism
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The Shinto religion of Japan.

Example Sentences

"The origin of the Doll Festival reaches back to the crude days of Shintoism."

Etymology

Etymology tree English Shinto Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Shintoism From Shinto + -ism.

Inflected Forms

Shintōism (alternative)

Synonyms

shinto

Questions

What does shintoism mean?: The Shinto religion of Japan.
Where does shintoism come from?: Etymology tree English Shinto Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Shintoism From Shinto + -ism.

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