- supposedly revealed knowledge of various spiritual truths, esp that said to have been possessed by ancient Gnostics
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gno•sis
(nō′sis),USA pronunciation n.
-gnosis,
- knowledge of spiritual matters;
mystical knowledge.
- Greek gnó̄sis a seeking to know, equivalent. to gnō-, base of gignó̄skein know + -sis -sis
- Neo-Latin
- 1695–1705
-gnosis,
- a combining form meaning "knowledge,'' used in the formation of compound words:prognosis.
- Greek; see gnosis
- Latin -gnōsis
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gnosis /ˈnəʊsɪs/ n ( pl -ses /-siːz/)
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-gnosis n combining form
- (esp in medicine) recognition or knowledge
'gnosis' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
-gnosis
- Gnosticism
- pharmacognosy
- telegnosis
- astereognosis
- baragnosis
- barognosis
- diagnosis
- dysanagnosia
- dysgnosia
- geognosy
- gnostic
- prognosis
- stereognosis