"figurism" meaning in English

See figurism in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: figure + -ism Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|figure|ism}} figure + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} figurism (uncountable)
  1. (Christianity, historical) An intellectual movement of Jesuit missionaries at the end of the 17th and the beginning of the 18th century, whose participants viewed the I Ching as a prophetic book containing the mysteries of Christianity, and prioritized working with the Qing Emperor (rather than with the Chinese literati) as a way of promoting Christianity in China. Tags: historical, uncountable Categories (topical): Christianity Related terms: figurist
    Sense id: en-figurism-en-noun-zXiGp03M Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ism Topics: Christianity

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