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Today it means: Of or relating to George Gurdjieff (1866–1949), influential spiritual teacher of the early to mid-20th century who taught that most humans live their lives in a state of hypnotic "waking sleep", but that it is possible to transcend to a higher state of consciousness and achieve full human potential. Full definition →
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