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Noun [English]

IPA: [θɪˈɒsəfɪ] [UK], [θi.ˈɑs.ə.fi] [General-American] Forms: theosophies [plural]
Etymology: From Medieval Latin theosophia, from Ancient Greek θεοσοφῐ́ᾱ (theosophíā, “knowledge of things divine”, from θεός (theós, “god”) + σοφῐ́ᾱ (sophíā, “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 (sophíā, “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> (sophíā, “wisdom”)}} Ancient Greek θεοσοφῐ́ᾱ (theosophíā, “knowledge of things divine”, from θεός (theós, “god”) + σοφῐ́ᾱ (sophíā, “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
    Sense id: en-theosophy-en-noun-dZx5FLzS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with theo-, English terms suffixed with -sophy Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 81 9 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with theo-: 16 75 9 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -sophy: 16 75 9 Topics: lifestyle, religion
  3. The system of beliefs and doctrines of the Theosophical Society. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-theosophy-en-noun-AfgH~5b2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: theosophie [archaic], Theosophy Derived forms: theosophic, theosophical, theosophist, theosopher, theosophize, theosophise

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      "expansion": "Ancient Greek θεοσοφῐ́ᾱ (theosophíā, “knowledge of things divine”, from θεός (theós, “god”) + σοφῐ́ᾱ (sophíā, “wisdom”))",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "theo",
        "3": "sophy"
      },
      "expansion": "theo- + -sophy",
      "name": "confix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Medieval Latin theosophia, from Ancient Greek θεοσοφῐ́ᾱ (theosophíā, “knowledge of things divine”, from θεός (theós, “god”) + σοφῐ́ᾱ (sophíā, “wisdom”)); analogous to theo- + -sophy.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "theosophies",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-",
        "2": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "theosophy (usually uncountable, plural theosophies)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "the‧os‧o‧phy"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Philosophy",
        "en:Religion"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1984 Oct, Tanith Lee, “Bite-Me-Not, or Fleur de Feu”, in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, volume 8, Davis Publications, →ISSN",
          "text": "They have their own traditions of art and science. They do not […] discuss God or metaphysics or men. […] All their wisdom and theosophy, and all their grasp of beauty, truth or love, is in the singing. […] They look unloving enough, and so they are. Pitiless fallen angels.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "philosophy",
          "philosophy"
        ],
        [
          "religion",
          "religion"
        ],
        [
          "God",
          "God"
        ],
        [
          "mystical",
          "mystical"
        ],
        [
          "insight",
          "insight"
        ],
        [
          "transcendent",
          "transcendent"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(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"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "lifestyle",
        "philosophy",
        "religion",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Religion"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2000, Urszula Szulakowska, The alchemy of light : geometry and optics in late Renaissance alchemical illustration, Leiden [u.a.]: Brill, page 11",
          "text": "The religious ideas of late Renaissance alchemists were based on the Paracelsian theosophical system, which was a half-pagan, half-Christian belief system, both a mystical path and a theurgic practice.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any system which claims to attain communication with God and superior spirits by physical processes."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "religion",
          "religion"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(religion) Any system which claims to attain communication with God and superior spirits by physical processes."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The system of beliefs and doctrines of the Theosophical Society."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[θɪˈɒsəfɪ]",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[θi.ˈɑs.ə.fi]",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "theosophie"
    },
    {
      "word": "Theosophy"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "theosophía",
      "sense": "doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "θεοσοφία"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "tʻeosofia",
      "sense": "doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism",
      "word": "թեոսոֆիա"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "astvacimacʻutʻyun",
      "sense": "doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism",
      "word": "աստվածիմացություն"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "teasófija",
      "sense": "doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism",
      "word": "тэасо́фія"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "teosófija",
      "sense": "doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "теосо́фия"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "teosofia"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism",
      "word": "teosofie"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism",
      "word": "teosofi"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism",
      "word": "theosofie"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism",
      "word": "teosoofia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism",
      "word": "teosofia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "théosophie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "teosopia",
      "sense": "doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism",
      "word": "თეოსოფია"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Theosophie"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "theosofía",
      "sense": "doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "θεοσοφία"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "thiyosophī",
      "sense": "doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "थियोसोफी"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism",
      "word": "teozófia"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "guðspeki"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "teosofia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sinjihak",
      "sense": "doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism",
      "word": "신지학"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "teosofî"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hikmeta îlahî"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tesewif"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "theosophia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism",
      "word": "teosofi"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "teosofi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "teozofia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "teosofia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "teozofie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "teosófija",
      "sense": "doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "теосо́фия"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism",
      "word": "teozofija"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "teosofía"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism",
      "word": "teosofi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism",
      "word": "batharunungan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "vahdoniya",
      "sense": "doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism",
      "word": "ваҳдония"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "teosofiyä",
      "sense": "doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism",
      "word": "теософия"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism",
      "word": "teosofi"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "teosófija",
      "sense": "doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "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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