Gnosticism
noun/ˈnɒstɪsɪzəm/
/ˈnɑːstɪsɪzəm/
[uncountable]- a movement in the early Christian church, which was considered heretical (= against the principles of the church), whose followers believed the physical world was evil and wished to live as far as possible in the spiritual world
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