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Definition of Zen noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Zen

noun
 
/zen/
 
/zen/
(also Zen Buddhism)
[uncountable]
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  1. a Japanese form of BuddhismTopics Religion and festivalsc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryZen is used before these nouns:
    • Buddhism
    • Buddhist
    • monastery
    • …
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    Word OriginJapanese, literally ‘meditation’, from Chinese chán ‘quietude’, from Sanskrit dhyāna ‘meditation’.
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