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Meaning of figurism | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

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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.

historical, uncountable

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B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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