theosophy

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin theosophia, from Ancient Greek θεοσοφία (thesophia, “knowledge of things divine”), from θεός (theos, “god”) + σοφία (sophia, “wisdom”).

Noun

Wikipedia theosophy (usually uncountable; plural theosophies)

1. (religion) any doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism claiming that knowledge of God can be attained through mystical insight and spiritual ecstasy, and that direct communication with the transcendent world is possible.

Derived terms

• theosophic
• theosophist

Translations

doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism

Ancient Greek: θεοσοφία (theosophia) f. Armenian: թեոսոֆիա (hy) (t’eosofia), աստվածիմացություն (hy) (astvaçimac’ut’yun) Belarusian: тэасофія (be) Bulgarian: теософия (bg) (teosófija) f. Czech: teosofie (cs) Danish: teosofi (da) Dutch: theosofie (nl) Estonian: teosoofia (et) Finnish: teosofia (fi) French: théosophie (fr) f. Georgian: თეოსოფია (ka) (t’eosop’ia) German: Theosophie (de) f. Greek: θεοσοφία (el) (theosofía) f. Hungarian: teozófia (hu) Icelandic: guðspeki (is) f.

Italian: teosofia (it) f. Latin: theosophia (la) f. Norwegian: teosofi (no) m. Polish: teozofia (pl) f. Portuguese: teosofia (pt) f. Romanian: teozofie (ro) f. Russian: теософия (ru) (teosófija) f. Serbo-Croatian: teozofija (sh) Spanish: teosofía (es) f. Swedish: teosofi (sv) Tajik: ваҳдония (tg) Tatar: теософия (tt) Turkish: teosofi (tr) Ukrainian: теософія (uk) f.