Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sophiology

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sophi-ol-o-gy
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A controversial school of thought in Russian Orthodoxy, holding that divine wisdom is to be identified with God's essence, and that this divine wisdom is in some way expressed in the world as 'creaturely' wisdom.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Russian Софиология (Sofiologija).

Origin

Source language: Russian

Word Breakdown

Root: Софиология

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

Sophianism

Questions

What does sophiology mean?: A controversial school of thought in Russian Orthodoxy, holding that divine wisdom is to be identified with God's essence, and that this divine wisdom is in some way expressed in the world as 'creaturely' wisdom.
Where does sophiology come from?: It is traced to Russian.

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