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Gurdjieffian

Gurdjieffian adjective: of or relating to George Gurdjieff (1866–1949), influential spiritual teacher of the early to mid-20th century who taught that most humans live their lives in a state of hypnotic "waking sleep", but that it is possible to transcend to a higher state of consciousness and achieve full human potential.

Adjective

Gurdjieffian (comparative more Gurdjieffian, superlative most Gurdjieffian)

  1. Of or relating to George Gurdjieff (1866–1949), influential spiritual teacher of the early to mid-20th century who taught that most humans live their lives in a state of hypnotic "waking sleep", but that it is possible to transcend to a higher state of consciousness and achieve full human potential.

Forms of Gurdjieffian

comparativemore Gurdjieffian
superlativemost Gurdjieffian

Origin of Gurdjieffian

From Gurdjieff + -ian.

Questions about Gurdjieffian

What does Gurdjieffian mean?
Gurdjieffian means of or relating to George Gurdjieff (1866–1949), influential spiritual teacher of the early to mid-20th century who taught that most humans live their lives in a state of hypnotic "waking sleep", but that it is possible to transcend to a higher state of consciousness and achieve full human potential.
What part of speech is Gurdjieffian?
Gurdjieffian is an adjective.

Words near Gurdjieffian in the dictionary

  1. gurbir
  2. Gurbănești
  3. Gurdaspur
  4. Gurdaspur District
  5. gurdies
  6. Gurdjieffian
  7. gurdwara
  8. gurdwara-goer
  9. gurdwara-goers
  10. gurdwaras
  11. gurdy

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