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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024gym•nos•o•phist ( jim nos′ə fist),USA pronunciation n. - Eastern Religionsone of a group of Jainist philosophers, existing from ancient times to c1000, characterized by refusal to wear clothes and the abandonment of caste marks;
a member of the Digambara sect.
- Greek gymnosophistaí naked philosophers. See gymno-, sophist
- Latin gymnosophistae Indian ascetics
- late Middle English 1400–50
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