Main Entry:

the·os·o·phy

Pronunciation:

\-fē\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

Medieval Latin theosophia, from Late Greek, from Greek the- + sophia wisdom — more at -sophy

Date:

1650

1: teaching about God and the world based on mystical insight2often capitalized : the teachings of a modern movement originating in the United States in 1875 and following chiefly Buddhist and Brahmanic theories especially of pantheistic evolution and reincarnation

— theo·soph·i·cal \ˌthē-ə-ˈsä-fi-kəl\ adjective

— theo·soph·i·cal·ly \-k(ə-)lē\ adverb