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THEOSOPHY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A system of belief based on mystical insight into the nature of God and the soul
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("theosophy" is a kind of...):
system; system of rules (a complex of methods or rules governing behavior)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "theosophy"):
Cabala; Cabbala; Cabbalah; Kabala; Kabbala; Kabbalah; Qabbala; Qabbalah (an esoteric theosophy of rabbinical origin based on the Hebrew scriptures and developed between the 7th and 18th centuries)
Derivation:
theosophical (of or relating to theosophy)
theosophist (a believer in theosophy)