"gnosis" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈnəʊ.sɪs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gnosis.wav Forms: gnoses [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊsɪs Etymology: From Ancient Greek γνῶσις (gnôsis, “knowledge”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ǵneh₃-}}, {{der|en|grc|γνῶσις|t=knowledge}} Ancient Greek γνῶσις (gnôsis, “knowledge”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~|gnoses}} gnosis (countable and uncountable, plural gnoses)
  1. (religion) An immanent form of knowledge or transcendent insight, such as sought by the Gnostics. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Religion
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  2. The act or process of knowing in general. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  3. (occult) An altered state of awareness in which the will is magically effective. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Occult, Gnosticism
    Sense id: en-gnosis-en-noun-iNj8JBPm Disambiguation of Gnosticism: 38 2 61 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 49 8 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 52 4 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 51 8 42 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, occult, philosophy, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: agnostic, diagnosis, gnosiology, Gnostic, Gnosticism, morphognosis, pangnosis, prognosis, retrognosis Translations (gnosis): познание (poznanie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), gnosis [common-gender] (Danish), gnose [common-gender] (Danish), gnosis (Finnish), gnose [feminine] (French), Gnosis [feminine] (German), gnóis [feminine] (Irish), gnosis [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), gnose [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), gnosis [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), gnose [feminine] (Portuguese), гно́зис (gnózis) (Russian), гно́сис (gnósis) (Russian), gnosis [feminine] (Spanish), гно́зис (hnózys) (Ukrainian), гно́сис (hnósys) (Ukrainian)
Disambiguation of 'gnosis': 0 0 0

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      "sense": "gnosis",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gnosis"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "hnózys",
      "sense": "gnosis",
      "word": "гно́зис"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "hnósys",
      "sense": "gnosis",
      "word": "гно́сис"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "gnosis"
  ],
  "word": "gnosis"
}

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