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Noun [English]

IPA: [θɪˈɒsəfɪ] [UK], [θiˈɑs.ə.fi] [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-theosophy.wav Forms: theosophies [plural]
Etymology: From Medieval Latin theosophia, from Ancient Greek θεοσοφῐ́ᾱ (theosophĭ́ā, “knowledge of things divine”, from θεός (theós, “god”) + σοφῐ́ᾱ (sophĭ́ā, “wisdom”)); analogous to theo- + -sophy. Etymology templates: {{der|en|ML.|theosophia}} Medieval Latin theosophia, {{compound|grc|θεός|σοφῐ́ᾱ|nocat=1|t1=god|t2=wisdom}} θεός (theós, “god”) + σοφῐ́ᾱ (sophĭ́ā, “wisdom”), {{der|en|grc|θεοσοφῐ́ᾱ||knowledge of things divine|pos=from <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">θεός</i> (theós, “god”) + <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">σοφῐ́ᾱ</i> (sophĭ́ā, “wisdom”)}} Ancient Greek θεοσοφῐ́ᾱ (theosophĭ́ā, “knowledge of things divine”, from θεός (theós, “god”) + σοφῐ́ᾱ (sophĭ́ā, “wisdom”)), {{confix|en|theo|sophy}} theo- + -sophy Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} theosophy (usually uncountable, plural theosophies)
  1. (philosophy, religion) Any doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism claiming that knowledge of God can be attained through mystical insight and spiritual ecstasy, and that direct communication with the transcendent world is possible. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Philosophy, Religion Translations (doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism): θεοσοφία (theosophía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), թեոսոֆիա (tʻeosofia) (Armenian), աստվածիմացություն (astvacimacʻutʻyun) (Armenian), тэасо́фія (teasófija) (Belarusian), теосо́фия (teosófija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), teosofia [feminine] (Catalan), teosofie (Czech), teosofi (Danish), theosofie (Dutch), teosoofia (Estonian), teosofia (Finnish), théosophie [feminine] (French), თეოსოფია (teosopia) (Georgian), Theosophie [feminine] (German), θεοσοφία (theosofía) [feminine] (Greek), थियोसोफी (thiyosophī) [masculine] (Hindi), teozófia (Hungarian), guðspeki [feminine] (Icelandic), teosofia [feminine] (Italian), 신지학 (sinjihak) (Korean), theosophia [feminine] (Latin), teosofi (Malay), teosofî [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), hikmeta îlahî [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), tesewif [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), teosofi [masculine] (Norwegian), teozofia [feminine] (Polish), teosofia [feminine] (Portuguese), teozofie [feminine] (Romanian), теосо́фия (teosófija) [feminine] (Russian), teozofija (Serbo-Croatian), teosofía [feminine] (Spanish), teosofi (Swedish), batharunungan (Tagalog), ваҳдония (vahdoniya) (Tajik), теософия (teosofiyä) (Tatar), teosofi (Turkish), теосо́фія (teosófija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), thông thiên học (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-theosophy-en-noun-xzzmb~En Topics: human-sciences, lifestyle, philosophy, religion, sciences Disambiguation of 'doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism': 88 4 8
  2. (religion) Any system which claims to attain communication with God and superior spirits by physical processes. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Religion
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  3. The system of beliefs and doctrines of the Theosophical Society. Tags: uncountable, usually
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: theosophie [archaic], Theosophy Derived forms: theosophic, theosophical, theosophist, theosopher, theosophize, theosophise

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      "word": "теосо́фія"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism",
      "word": "thông thiên học"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "theosophy"
  ],
  "word": "theosophy"
}

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