THEOSOPHY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does theosophy mean? 

• THEOSOPHY (noun)
  The noun THEOSOPHY has 1 sense:

1. a system of belief based on mystical insight into the nature of God and the soul

  Familiarity information: THEOSOPHY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THEOSOPHY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A system of belief based on mystical insight into the nature of God and the soul

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("theosophy" is a kind of...):

system; system of rules (a complex of methods or rules governing behavior)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "theosophy"):

Cabala; Cabbala; Cabbalah; Kabala; Kabbala; Kabbalah; Qabbala; Qabbalah (an esoteric theosophy of rabbinical origin based on the Hebrew scriptures and developed between the 7th and 18th centuries)

Derivation:

theosophical (of or relating to theosophy)

theosophist (a believer in theosophy)