Word: Gnosticism
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: Gnos
ti
cism
Definition: A wide variety of Jewish and early Christian sects having an interest in gnosis, or divine knowledge, and generally holding the belief that there is a god greater than the Demiurge, or the creator of the world.
Morphemes:
Affix: Gnostic
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A believer in Gnosticism
Etymology Compounds: Affix: γιγνώσκω
Language: grc
Decoded: gignosko
Meaning: I know
Affix: -σις
Language: grc
Decoded: -sis
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Added to verb stems to form abstract nouns or nouns of action, result or process
Affix: -τος
Language: grc
Decoded: -tos
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Creates perfective passive verbal adjectives
Affix: -κός
Language: grc
Decoded: -kos
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or pertaining to', 'in the manner of'
Affix: -ism
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the name of a system, school of thought or theory based on the name of its subject or object or alternatively on the name of its founder ( ).
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ισμός
Language: grc
Decoded: -ismos
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forms abstract nouns.