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Meaning of "Zenist" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ZENIST

Zenist  [ˈzɛnɪst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ZENIST

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Zenist is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ZENIST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of Zenist in the English dictionary

The definition of Zenist in the dictionary is an adherent or follower of Zen, a Japanese school, of 12th-century Chinese origin, teaching that contemplation of one's essential nature to the exclusion of all else is the only way of achieving pure enlightenment.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ZENIST


agonist
ˈæɡənɪst
antagonist
ænˈtæɡənɪst
cartoonist
kɑːˈtuːnɪst
communist
ˈkɒmjʊnɪst
dishonest
dɪsˈɒnɪst
earnest
ˈɜːnɪst
exhibitionist
ˌɛksɪˈbɪʃənɪst
expressionist
ɪkˈsprɛʃənɪst
feminist
ˈfɛmɪnɪst
finest
ˈfaɪnɪst
honest
ˈɒnɪst
humanist
ˈhjuːmənɪst
internist
ˈɪntɜːnɪst
machinist
məˈʃiːnɪst
modernist
ˈmɒdənɪst
nutritionist
njuːˈtrɪʃənɪst
pianist
ˈpɪənɪst
protagonist
prəʊˈtæɡənɪst
receptionist
rɪˈsɛpʃənɪst
ripienist
rɪˈpjɛnɪst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ZENIST

Zen
Zen Buddhism
Zen Buddhist
zenaida
zenana
Zend
Zend-Avesta
Zend-Avestaic
Zendic
zendik
Zener diode
Zenic
zenith
zenith telescope
zenithal
zenithal projection
Zeno
Zeno of Citium
Zeno of Elea
Zenobia

WORDS THAT END LIKE ZENIST

abiogenist
alienist
columnist
dental hygienist
ecumenist
epigenist
eugenist
euthenist
Galenist
geomorphogenist
Hellenist
hygienist
Jansenist
larcenist
lichenist
lutenist
oral hygienist
Panhellenist
philhellenist
phillumenist
plenist

Synonyms and antonyms of Zenist in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Zenist» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ZENIST

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Translator English - Chinese

Zenist
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Zenist
570 millions of speakers

English

Zenist
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Zenist
380 millions of speakers
ar

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Zenist
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Zenist
278 millions of speakers

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Zenist
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Zenist
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

zéniste
220 millions of speakers

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Zenist
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Zenist
180 millions of speakers

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Zenist
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

Zenist
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Zenist
85 millions of speakers
vi

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Zenist
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Zenist
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Zenist
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Zenist
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Zenist
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Zenist
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Zenist
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Zenist
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Zenist
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Zenist
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Zenist
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Zenist
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Zenist

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ZENIST»

The term «Zenist» is barely ever used and occupies the 196.684 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ZENIST» OVER TIME

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ZENIST»

Discover the use of Zenist in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Zenist and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Zen Impulse and the Psychoanalytic Encounter
The Zenist does not endeavor, nor has a need to overcome, nonbeing. Rather, ignorance, understood as a misperception of reality, that engenders and maintains a false dualism requires resolution. Further, the Buddhist acknowledges the ...
Paul C. Cooper, 2011
2
Zenist Beauty: All About Being a Japanese Woman
The truth life history and current drama of being a Japanese woman. The true face and preceptions of a Japanese women which are mostly a secret social unveiled code.
Seisho Michelle, 2006
3
Over a Cup of Tea: An Introduction to Chinese Life and Culture
82 However, the Zenist way of getting off the horse is indeed one of the most unpractical ways to follow in life. Just as in implementing almost every principle in life, there are those who adopt the fundamentalist approach, while most tend to be ...
Jing Luo, 2004
4
Zen Enlightenment: Origins and Meaning
Taoist and Zenist Meditation In evaluating the Taoist influence on Zen, we must consider not only the philosophical teachings but also the meditation that played a significant role in the sphere of Taoist folk religion. A distinction was drawn in ...
Heinrich Dumoulin, 2007
5
The Inner Consultation: How to Develop an Effective and ...
Grasping the vine with one hand, he plucked the strawberry with the other. How sweet it tasted! Although to our Western ears the Zen way sounds quirky, it is very much a practical everyday affair. The Zenist finds the grounds of his realisation ...
Roger Neighbour, 2005
6
A Dictionary of Japanese Loanwords
< zen + -ic] zenist [zénist] n. a person who believes in the philosophy of Zen Buddhism. Also, Zennist. Very few professional Zennists ever found their way to the door of this old man [Shoju Rojin], now one of the greatest masters in Japan.
Toshie M. Evans, 1997
7
Mind of Winter: Wallace Stevens, Meditation, and Literature
and interest is based on precedent, on credentials; the mind is conservative. Not every visitor enters the door of the president. Unless, evidently, the president is a Zenist. The Zen masters allow the click to reach the cortex and claim some kind ...
William W. Bevis, 1989
8
Paradoxism's Main Roots (essay): Essay
The conscience of Zenist abyss is achieved by living the present, unseparated by 'the conscience that the past doesn't exist and that the future doesn't exist yet The operation the Zen doctrine links (...) the present to the notion of abyss begins ...
Florin Vasiliu, 1994
9
The Buddhist Sects of Japan, Their History, Philosophical ...
You will have to live detached from all, detached even from your own detachment . One should live in poverty, but without even noticing that one is poor. Then only is one in a state of perfect poverty. In fact, all the sentiments of the Zenist must ...
Emile Steinilber-Oberlin, Kuni Matsuo, 1938
10
海内第一名塑
济南市对外文化交流协会. •^m^*m>«bs( 1239-1296^) :&&fWM - - ^jtmmviA - -Y^m.\ h% - mmmvt° Master Zenist Gao Fang Gao Feng was a Zenist Between the end of South Song Dynasty and the Beginning of Yuan Dynasty His secular surname  ...
济南市对外文化交流协会, 1991

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« EDUCALINGO. Zenist [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/zenist>. May 2024 ».
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