gnosis

/ˈnoʊsəs/
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Other forms: gnoses

Definitions of gnosis
  1. noun
    intuitive knowledge of spiritual truths; said to have been possessed by ancient Gnostics
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    type of:
    intuition
    instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes)
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