Gnosticism en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈnɒstɪsɪzəm/ (UK)
- /ˈnɑstəsɪzəm/ (US)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃tisder. Ancient Greek γνῶσις (gnôsis) ▲ Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) Ancient Greek γνωστῐκός (gnōstĭkós) English Gnostic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Gnosticism From Gnostic + -ism.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A wide variety of Jewish and early Christian sects having an interest in gnosis, or divine knowledge, and generally holding the belief that there is a god greater than the Demiurge, or the creator of the world.
Another contemporary scholar of Gnosticism, C. G. Jung, has taken this notion of the twin ray and applied it to his own model of the contrasexual nature of the self.
1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 31:
Forms
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| Gnosticisms | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (46)
ko 영지주의 (Gnosticism) · ru гностици́зм (Gnosticism) · be гнастыцызм (Gnosticism) · fa گنوستیسیزم (Gnosticism) · el γνωστικισμός (Gnosticism) · sq gnosticizëm (Gnosticism) · sh гностицѝзам (Gnosticism) · sh gnosticìzam (Gnosticism) · mk гностицизам (Gnosticism) · de Gnostizismus (Gnosticism) · eo gnostikismo (Gnosticism) · ur معرفت (Gnosticism) · ia gnosticismo (Gnosticism) · ar غُنُّوصِيَّة (Gnosticism) · an gnostizismo (Gnosticism) · fi gnostilaisuus (Gnosticism) · nl gnosticisme (Gnosticism) · hu gnoszticizmus (Gnosticism) · fa غنوصی (Gnosticism) · lt gnosticizmas (Gnosticism) · pl gnostycyzm (Gnosticism) · uk гностицизм (Gnosticism) · es gnosticismo (Gnosticism) · tr gnostisizm (Gnosticism) · ro gnosticism (Gnosticism) · ar عِرْفَانِيَّة (Gnosticism) · ja グノーシス主義 (Gnosticism) · tl nostisismo (Gnosticism) · kk гностицизм (Gnosticism) · sl gnosticizem (Gnosticism) · bg гностици́зъм (Gnosticism) · da gnosticisme (Gnosticism) · pt gnosticismo (Gnosticism) · hy գնոստիցիզմ (Gnosticism) · he גְּנוֹסְטִיקָה (Gnosticism) · fr gnosticisme (Gnosticism) · sv gnosticism (Gnosticism) · cmn 諾斯底主義 /诺斯底主义 (Gnosticism) · hy գնոստիկություն (Gnosticism) · it gnosticismo (Gnosticism) · lv gnosticisms (Gnosticism) · no gnostisisme (Gnosticism) · cs gnóze (Gnosticism) · yue 諾斯底主義 /诺斯底主义 (Gnosticism) · ca gnosticisme (Gnosticism) · cs gnosticismus (Gnosticism)