theological doctrine vs Gnosticism

Gnosticism vs theological doctrine

theological doctrine and Gnosticism both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
theological doctrine	Yes	No	No	No
Gnosticism	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Gnosticism is a hyponym of theological doctrine; that is, Gnosticism is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than theological doctrine:

theological doctrine: the doctrine of a religious group
Gnosticism: a religious orientation advocating gnosis as the way to release a person's spiritual element; considered heresy by Christian churches

Other hyponyms of theological doctrine include theanthropism, foreordination, predestination, predetermination, preordination, Neoplatonism, spiritualism, Christology, antinomianism, Thomism, Arianism, Athanasianism, Behmenism, Boehmenism, consubstantiation, Episcopalianism, Byzantinism, Caesaropapism, Erastianism, Hinayanism, Jansenism, Mahayanism, Marcionism, chiliasm, millenarianism, millenarism, millenniumism, Monophysitism, Monothelitism, Nestorianism, Pelagianism, Quakerism, rationalism, reincarnation, Rosicrucianism, synergism, total depravity, transubstantiation, universalism, Nativity, Virgin Birth, Docetism, Zurvanism, Franciscanism.

theological doctrine (noun)	Gnosticism (noun)
the doctrine of a religious group	a religious orientation advocating gnosis as the way to release a person's spiritual element; considered heresy by Christian churches

Difference between theological doctrine and Gnosticism

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