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GYMNOSOPHIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gymnosophist mean?
• GYMNOSOPHIST (noun)
The noun GYMNOSOPHIST has 1 sense:
1. member of a Hindu sect practicing gymnosophy (especially nudism)
Familiarity information: GYMNOSOPHIST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Member of a Hindu sect practicing gymnosophy (especially nudism)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("gymnosophist" is a kind of...):
philosopher (a specialist in philosophy)
Derivation:
gymnosophy (the doctrine of a sect of Hindu philosophers who practiced nudity and asceticism and meditation)
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