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GNOSTIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Gnostic mean?
• GNOSTIC (noun)
The noun GNOSTIC has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: GNOSTIC used as a noun is very rare.
• GNOSTIC (adjective)
The adjective GNOSTIC has 2 senses:
1. of or relating to Gnosticism
2. possessing intellectual or esoteric knowledge of spiritual things
Familiarity information: GNOSTIC used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An advocate of Gnosticism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Gnostic" is a kind of...):
advocate; advocator; exponent; proponent (a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea)
Derivation:
Gnostic (of or relating to Gnosticism)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to Gnosticism
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
Gnostic writings
Pertainym:
Gnosticism (a religious orientation advocating gnosis as the way to release a person's spiritual element; considered heresy by Christian churches)
Derivation:
gnosis (intuitive knowledge of spiritual truths; said to have been possessed by ancient Gnostics)
Gnostic (an advocate of Gnosticism)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Possessing intellectual or esoteric knowledge of spiritual things
Antonym:
agnostic (uncertain of all claims to knowledge)
Derivation:
gnosis (intuitive knowledge of spiritual truths; said to have been possessed by ancient Gnostics)
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