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FALUN GONG
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A spiritual movement that began in China in the latter half of the 20th century and is based on Buddhist and Taoist teachings and practices
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("falun gong" is a kind of...):
front; movement; social movement (a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals)
Domain region:
Cathay; China; Communist China; mainland China; People's Republic of China; PRC; Red China (a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world)