gnosticism
UK/ˈnɒstɪsɪzəm//ˈnɑstəsɪzəm/
gnosticism is the alternative form of Gnosticism.
Noun capitalized: Gnosticism
Gnosticism (countable and uncountable, plural Gnosticisms)
- 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 of gnosticism
| plural | gnosticisms |
|---|---|
| plural | Gnosticisms |
Origin of gnosticism
From Gnostic + -ism.
Words formed from gnosticism
Questions about gnosticism
- What does gnosticism mean?
- Gnosticism means 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.
- What is gnosticism the alternative form of?
- Gnosticism is the alternative form of Gnosticism.
- What part of speech is gnosticism?
- Gnosticism is a noun.
- How do you pronounce gnosticism?
- Gnosticism is pronounced /ˈnɒstɪsɪzəm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of gnosticism?
- The plural of gnosticism is gnosticisms.
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