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GYMNOSOPHY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The doctrine of a sect of Hindu philosophers who practiced nudity and asceticism and meditation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("gymnosophy" is a kind of...):
doctrine; ism; philosophical system; philosophy; school of thought (a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school)
Derivation:
gymnosophical (of or relating to gymnosophy)
gymnosophist (member of a Hindu sect practicing gymnosophy (especially nudism))
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