Gnosticism

Noun CEFR B2

ˈnɒstɪsɪzəm

Definitions

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.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Españolgnosticismo

Françaisgnosticisme

DeutschGnostizismus

25 more languages

العربيةعرفانية غنوصية

Българскигностицизъм

Bosanskignosticizam гностицизам

Danskgnosticisme

Ελληνικάγνωστικισμός

Esperantognostikismo

فارسیگنوستیسیزم

Suomignostilaisuus gnostisismi

עבריתגנוסטיקה

Hrvatskignosticizam гностицизам

Magyargnoszticizmus

Հայերենգնոստիկություն գնոստիցիզմ

Italianognosticismo

日本語グノーシス主義

Қазақ тілігностицизм

한국어영지주의

Lietuviųgnosticizmas

Nederlandsgnosticisme

Polskignostycyzm gnoza

Portuguêsgnosticismo

Русскийгностицизм

Slovenščinagnosticizem

Српскиgnosticizam гностицизам

Svenskagnosticism

Türkçegnostisizm

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2

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

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See also

gnosticity gnosticizer gnosticks gnostology gnotobiologist gnotobiology

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