theosophic

English

WOTD – 9 May 2010

Etymology

From theosophy +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌθiː.əˈsɒf.ɪk/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌθi.əˈsɑ.fɪk/

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Adjective

theosophic (not comparable)

1. Of, or relating to theosophy.
   • 1856, Robert Alfred Vaughan, Hours with the mystics : a contribution to the history of religious opinion, volume 1, London: John W. Parker, →OCLC, page 45:

     Thus, while the mystic of the theopathetic species is content to contemplate, to feel, or to act, suffering under Deity in his sublime passivity, the mysticism I term theosophic aspires to know and believes itself in possession of a certain supernatural divine faculty for that purpose.

Related terms

• theosophical
• theosophically
• theosophise, theosophize
• theosophy

Translations

of, or relating to theosophy

• Armenian: թեոսոֆիական (hy) (tʻeosofiakan), աստվածիմացական (hy) (astvacimacʻakan)
• Azerbaijani: təsəvvüf
• Belarusian: тэасофскі (teasófski), тэасафічны (teasafičny)
• Bulgarian: теосо́фски (teosófski)
• Catalan: teosòfic
• Danish: teosofisk
• Dutch: theosofisch (nl)
• Finnish: teosofinen
• French: théosophique (fr)
• German: theosophisch
• Greek: θεοσοφικός (el) m (theosofikós)
• Hungarian: teozófiai
• Interlingua: theosophic
• Italian: teosofico (it)
• Norwegian: teosofisk
• Portuguese: teosófico
• Romanian: teozofic (ro)
• Russian: теосо́фский (ru) (teosófskij), теософи́ческий (ru) (teosofíčeskij)
• Spanish: teosófico (es)
• Swedish: teosofisk (sv)
• Turkish: teosofik
• Ukrainian: теосо́фський (teosófsʹkyj), теософі́чний (teosofíčnyj)