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Buddhistic

Buddhistic

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Relating to the religion and practices taught by the Buddha
  • adjective
  • /ˌbʌdɪˈstɪk/
translation icon : budista
  • The documentary explored the Buddhistic traditions that have influenced Asian cultures for centuries.

Examples

  • Many people find peace and clarity through Buddhistic practices like meditation.

  • I mean, I don't mean to be Buddhistic or anything.

  • She is never idle, raising domesticity to an art form, a Buddhistic perfection in every ironed crease.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • Buddhistic philosophy, in contrast, is the in-en (Sanskrit: hetu pratyaya) law.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Although we have to leave the modification of the technical issues untouched in this paper, Kosawa himself proposed a new "Ajase complex" to be considered along with the Oedipus complex, "challenging" the Freudian notion of guilt with a Buddhistic experience of Zangeshin.

    Academic text (1990)
  • She follows a Buddhistic approach to life, emphasizing compassion and mindfulness.

Synonyms

Buddhist
vsBuddhistic
91 3.6

About the religion and ideas of the Buddha or his followers

adds a sense of being characteristic of the religion or its followers

How Buddhist

Buddhistic
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secular
143 4.7

Surface Forms

Buddhistic positive

Morphology

Buddhistic = Buddhist (transparent) = Buddh + istic

The adjective 'Buddhistic' is transparently derived from 'Buddhist' by adding the suffix '-ic', indicating a characteristic or relation.

Etymology

Buddhistic comes from Buddha, a title that means 'the awakened one', plus the ending -istic which means 'relating to', like in the common word Buddhist. So Buddhistic means 'relating to Buddhism'.