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Gnosis in a sentence

Gnosis meaning

  1. An immanent form of knowledge or transcendent insight, such as sought by the Gnostics.
  2. The act or process of knowing in general.
  3. An altered state of awareness in which the will is magically effective.

Synonyms of Gnosis

intuition

Related words

Other words often associated with Gnosis or its synonyms:

notion impression belief suspicion opinion feeling hunch

Using Gnosis

  • The main meaning on this page is: An immanent form of knowledge or transcendent insight, such as sought by the Gnostics. | The act or process of knowing in general. | An altered state of awareness in which the will is magically effective.
  • Useful related words include: intuition.
  • In the example corpus, gnosis often appears in combinations such as: gnosis has, week gnosis, gnosis was.

Context around Gnosis

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 19.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 6 start, 9 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 15 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

week 4× pyro 1× gnostics 1× speculative 1× purchase 1× days 1× 1920 1× true 1×

Often after:

left 1× instigated 1× using 1× directly 1× itself 1× comes 1×

Sentence patterns with Gnosis

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

last week gnosis has traded 4× angus 1920 gnosis in these 1× as speculative gnosis instigated by 1× his gnosis was a 1× however gnosis itself refers 1× only one gnosis left unclaimed 1× sectarian gnostics gnosis was obtained 1× seven days gnosis has traded 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

during the last 4× according to samuel 1× for the various 1× for this reason 1× his gnosis was 1× however gnosis itself 1×

Common sentence endings:

u s dollar 5× akin to arcanum 1× and rational systems 1× be more spiritual 1× from bodily existence 1× in platonist philosophy 1×

Words around Gnosis

Just before it in the word index:

gnonto 35 gnomish 3 gnomic 8 gnomes 42 gnome 77 gnoll 2

Just after it in the word index:

gnossienne 2 gnossiennes 3 gnostic 72 gnosticism 46 gnostics 38 gnostikos 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaronson 19 abai 19 abass 19 abatements 19 abdulfatah 19 abebe 19

Corpus analysis for Gnosis

  • In this selection, "gnosis" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 19.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, week, pyro, gnostics, left, instigated and using stand out and add context to how "gnosis" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include last week gnosis has traded and angus 1920 gnosis in these. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "gnosis" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with gnosis

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

There's only one Gnosis left unclaimed: the Pyro Gnosis. (10 words)

His gnosis was a secret teaching attributed to an apostle. (10 words)

With "gnosis" comes a fuller insight that is considered to be more spiritual. (13 words)

Longer example sentences

For this reason, some scholars prefer to speak of "gnosis" when referring to 1st-century ideas that later developed into gnosticism and to reserve the term "gnosticism" for the synthesis of these ideas into a coherent movement in the 2nd century. (41 words)

According to Samuel Angus (1920), gnosis in these early sects was distinct from the secret teachings revealed to initiates once they had reached a certain level of progression akin to arcanum. (31 words)

However, gnosis itself refers to a very specialised form of knowledge, deriving both from the exact meaning of the original Greek term and its usage in Platonist philosophy. (28 words)

Example sentences (15)

There's only one Gnosis left unclaimed: the Pyro Gnosis.

For the various sectarian gnostics, gnosis was obtained as speculative gnosis, instigated by the contemplation of their religio-philosophical (cosmological, metaphysical, salvational and rational) systems.

During the last week, Gnosis has traded 2.2% higher against the U.S. dollar.

During the last week, Gnosis has traded 15.4% lower against the U.S. dollar.

During the last week, Gnosis has traded 1.5% higher against the U.S. dollar.

Investors can then use their newly-acquired Ethereum or Bitcoin to purchase Gnosis using one of the aforementioned exchanges.

It is usually not possible to buy alternative cryptocurrencies such as Gnosis directly using US dollars.

During the last week, Gnosis has traded 4.4% lower against the U.S. dollar.

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In the last seven days, Gnosis has traded up 0.7% against the U.S. dollar.

According to Samuel Angus (1920), gnosis in these early sects was distinct from the secret teachings revealed to initiates once they had reached a certain level of progression akin to arcanum.

For this reason, some scholars prefer to speak of "gnosis" when referring to 1st-century ideas that later developed into gnosticism and to reserve the term "gnosticism" for the synthesis of these ideas into a coherent movement in the 2nd century.

His gnosis was a secret teaching attributed to an apostle.

However, gnosis itself refers to a very specialised form of knowledge, deriving both from the exact meaning of the original Greek term and its usage in Platonist philosophy.

Irenaeus argued that the true gnosis is in fact knowledge of Christ, which redeems rather than escapes from bodily existence.

With "gnosis" comes a fuller insight that is considered to be more spiritual.

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Common combinations with gnosis

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "gnosis" in a sentence?
An example: "There's only one Gnosis left unclaimed: the Pyro Gnosis." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "gnosis" from authentic English texts.
What does "gnosis" mean?
Gnosis means: An immanent form of knowledge or transcendent insight, such as sought by the Gnostics.
What are synonyms of "gnosis"?
Common synonyms of "gnosis" include: intuition.
How many example sentences with "gnosis" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "gnosis", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.