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    GYMNOSOPHY

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    The doctrine of a sect of Hindu philosophers who practiced nudity and asceticism and meditationplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("gymnosophy" is a kind of...):

    doctrine; ism; philosophical system; philosophy; school of thought (a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school)

    Derivation:

    gymnosophical (of or relating to gymnosophy)

    gymnosophist (member of a Hindu sect practicing gymnosophy (especially nudism))

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