Enneagram is a
compound word
In linguistics, a compound is a lexeme (less precisely, a word or sign) that consists of more than one stem. Compounding, composition or nominal composition is the process of word formation that creates compound lexemes. Compounding occurs when ...
derived from the Greek
neoclassical stems for "nine" (''ennea'') and something "written" or "drawn" (''gramma''). Enneagram may refer to:
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Enneagram (geometry)
In geometry, an enneagram (🟙 U+1F7D9) is a nine-pointed plane figure. It is sometimes called a nonagram, nonangle, or enneagon.
The word 'enneagram' combines the numeral prefix ''ennea-'' with the Greek suffix '' -gram''. The ''gram'' suffi ...
, a nine-sided star polygon with various configurations
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, a model of human personality illustrated by an enneagram figure
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Fourth Way enneagram
The Fourth Way enneagram is a figure published in 1949 in ''In Search of the Miraculous'' by P.D. Ouspensky, and an integral part of the Fourth Way esoteric system associated with George Gurdjieff. The term " enneagram" derives from two Greek word ...
, a diagram used in the teachings of G. I. Gurdjieff and others associated with the Fourth Way school
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Gram (disambiguation)
Gram is a unit of mass.
Gram may also refer to:
Mythology and fiction
* Gram (mythology), a sword in Norse mythology
* Gram of Denmark, a legendary king
* Mount Gram (Middle-earth), a fictional place in Tolkien's writings
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Enneagon
In geometry, a nonagon () or enneagon () is a nine-sided polygon or 9-gon.
The name ''nonagon'' is a prefix hybrid formation, from Latin (''nonus'', "ninth" + ''gonon''), used equivalently, attested already in the 16th century in French ''nonogo ...
, a nine-sided polygon
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Ennead
The Ennead or Great Ennead was a group of nine deities in Egyptian mythology worshipped at Heliopolis: the sun god Atum; his children Shu and Tefnut; their children Geb and Nut; and their children Osiris, Isis, Set, and Nephthys. The Ennead ...
, a group of nine Egyptian deities given the Greek name Enneás, a calque of the Egyptian name meaning "the Nine"
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