FALUN GONG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does falun gong mean? 

• FALUN GONG (noun)
  The noun FALUN GONG has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: FALUN GONG used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FALUN GONG (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)