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GNOSTIC
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An advocate of Gnosticism
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Gnostic" is a kind of...):
advocate; advocator; exponent; proponent (a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea)
Derivation:
Gnostic (of or relating to Gnosticism)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Possessing intellectual or esoteric knowledge of spiritual things
Classified under:
Antonym:
agnostic (uncertain of all claims to knowledge)
Derivation:
gnosis (intuitive knowledge of spiritual truths; said to have been possessed by ancient Gnostics)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of or relating to Gnosticism
Example:
Gnostic writings
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Gnosticism (a religious orientation advocating gnosis as the way to release a person's spiritual element; considered heresy by Christian churches)
Derivation:
gnosis (intuitive knowledge of spiritual truths; said to have been possessed by ancient Gnostics)
Gnostic (an advocate of Gnosticism)
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