neo-Confucian

adjective

variants or neo-Confucianist

¦nē(ˌ)ō+

or Neo-Confucian or Neo-Confucianist

: of or relating to neo-Confucianism or the neo-Confucianists

Word History

Etymology

ne- + confucian or confucianist

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