gnosis

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γνῶσις (gnō̃sis, “knowledge”).

Noun

Wikipedia gnosis (plural gnoses)

1. (Gnosticism) An immanent form of knowledge or transcendent insight, such as sought by the Gnostics.
2. Act or process of knowing.
3. (occult) An altered state of awareness in which the will is magically effective.

Related terms

• agnostic
• gnosiology
• Gnostic
• Gnosticism

Translations

gnosis

• French: gnose (fr) f
• German: Gnosis (de) f
• Norwegian: gnose (no) m, gnosis (no) m

• Portuguese: gnose (pt) f
• Russian: гнозис (ru) (gnózis), гносис (ru) (gnósis)

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Norwegian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γνῶσις (gnō̃sis, “knowledge”).

Noun

gnosis m

1. (Gnosticism, singular only) gnosis

Inflection

    Inflection of gnosis

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Bokmål m	gnosis	gnosisen	gnosiser	gnosisene
Nynorsk n	gnosis	gnosiset	gnosis	gnosisa [gnosisi]

Synonyms

• gnose

Derived terms

• gnostiker
• gnostisisme
• gnostisk

References

• “gnosis” in The Ordnett Dictionary