gnosticism
IPA: nˈɑstɪsɪzʌm
Root Word: Gnosticism
noun
- 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.
- Alternative form of Gnosticism [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.]
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Examples of "gnosticism" in Sentences
- Keep this article in gnosticism.
- The founder of Philosophical Gnosticism.
- But that's for another Gnosticism thread.
- In the East, gnosticism is a heresy specific to the ascetic traditions.
- In Gnosticism, this serpent symbolized eternity and the soul of the world.
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