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noetic

adjective

  1. related to reasoning
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /nəʊˈɛt.ɪk/ / /noʊˈɛt.ɪk/

adj

Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek νοητικός (noētikós), ultimately from νοέω (noéō, “I see, understand”).

  1. Of or pertaining to the mind or intellect.

    Homeric Greeks valued clichés because not only the poets but the entire oral noetic world or thought world relied upon the formulaic constitution of thought.

  2. Originating in or apprehended by reason.

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek νοητικός (noētikós), ultimately from νοέω (noéō, “I see, understand”).

  1. The science of the intellect.
  2. A purely intellectual entity.