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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.
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Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: human-sciences, lifestyle, philosophy, religion, sciences
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Any system which claims to attain communication with God and superior spirits by physical processes.
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Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: lifestyle, religion
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The system of beliefs and doctrines of the Theosophical Society.
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Alternative letter-case form of theosophy.
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a system of belief based on mystical insight into the nature of God and the soul
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: system, system of rules
Narrower terms: Kabbalah, Kabbala, Kabala, Cabbalah, Cabbala, Cabala, Qabbalah, Qabbala
From Medieval Latin theosophia, from Ancient Greek θεοσοφῐ́ᾱ (theosophĭ́ā, “knowledge of things divine”, from θεός (theós, “god”) + σοφῐ́ᾱ (sophĭ́ā, “wisdom”)); By surface analysis, theo- + -sophy.
Across languages
Translations
40 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Armenian:
թեոսոֆիա
(tʻeosofia)
— doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism
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Armenian:
աստվածիմացություն
(astvacimacʻutʻyun)
— doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism
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Belarusian:
тэасо́фія
(teasófija)
— doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism
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Bulgarian:
теосо́фия
(teosófija)
— doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism
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Catalan:
teosofia
— doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism
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Czech:
teosofie
— doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism
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Danish:
teosofi
— doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism
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Dutch:
theosofie
— doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism
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Estonian:
teosoofia
— doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism
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Finnish:
teosofia
— doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism
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French:
théosophie
— doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism
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Georgian:
თეოსოფია
(teosopia)
— doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism
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German:
Theosophie
— doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism
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Greek:
θεοσοφία
(theosofía)
— doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism
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Ancient Greek:
θεοσοφία
(theosophía)
— doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism
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Hindi:
थियोसोफी
(thiyosophī)
— doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism
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Hungarian:
teozófia
— doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism
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Icelandic:
guðspeki
— doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism
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Indonesian:
teosofi
— doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism
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Italian:
teosofia
— doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism
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Korean:
신지학
(sinjihak)
— doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism
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Northern Kurdish:
teosofî
— doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism
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Northern Kurdish:
hikmeta îlahî
— doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism
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Northern Kurdish:
tesewif
— doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism
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Latin:
theosophia
— doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism
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Malay:
teosofi
— doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism
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Norwegian:
teosofi
— doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism
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Polish:
teozofia
— doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism
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Portuguese:
teosofia
— doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism
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Romanian:
teozofie
— doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism
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Russian:
теосо́фия
(teosófija)
— doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism
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Serbo-Croatian:
teozofija
— doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism
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Spanish:
teosofía
— doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism
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Swedish:
teosofi
— doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism
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Tagalog:
batharunungan
— doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism
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Tajik:
ваҳдония
(vahdoniya)
— doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism
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Tatar:
теософия
(teosofiyä)
— doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism
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Turkish:
teosofi
— doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism
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Ukrainian:
теосо́фія
(teosófija)
— doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism
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Vietnamese:
thông thiên học
— doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism