gnosticism
noun
gnos·ti·cism
ˈnä-stə-ˌsi-zəm 
often capitalized
: the thought and practice especially of various cults of late pre-Christian and early Christian centuries distinguished by the conviction that matter is evil and that emancipation comes through gnosis
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As the names suggest Alevis and Alawites likely share a common genealogical origin out of a synthesis of late antique paganism, gnosticism, Christianity, and Shia Islam.
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Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 10 Apr. 2012
In this sense, the woke dialect is a new kind of gnosticism, separating the elite from the great unwashed.
—Nate Hochman, National Review, 12 Feb. 2022
In effect, as Del Noce argued throughout his career, Marxism was and is a new form of an old heresy, gnosticism.
—Francis X. Maier, WSJ, 6 Jan. 2022
Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 10 Apr. 2012
In this sense, the woke dialect is a new kind of gnosticism, separating the elite from the great unwashed.
—Nate Hochman, National Review, 12 Feb. 2022
In effect, as Del Noce argued throughout his career, Marxism was and is a new form of an old heresy, gnosticism.
—Francis X. Maier, WSJ, 6 Jan. 2022
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