| 释义 |
gnos·ti·cism
\ˈnästəˌsizəm\ noun
(-s)
Usage: often capitalized
Etymology: gnostic (I) + -ism
: the thought and practice of any of various cults of late pre-Christian and early Christian centuries declared heretical by the church and distinguished chiefly by pretension to mystic and esoteric religious insights, by emphasis on knowledge rather than faith, and by the conviction that matter is evil |