noetic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /nəʊˈɛt.ɪk/ (UK)
- /noʊˈɛt.ɪk/ (General-American)
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Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek νοητικός (noētikós), ultimately from νοέω (noéō, “I see, understand”).
Meanings
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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.
1982, Walter J. Ong, Orality and Literacy, Routledge, →ISBN, pages 23–24:
- Originating in or apprehended by reason.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more noetic | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most noetic | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| noetick | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic |
Deriveds
noegenesis · noetic flatness · noetically · autonoetic
Relateds
Translations (12)
bg интелектуален (of or pertaining to the mind or intellect) · it noetico (of or pertaining to the mind or intellect) · ru интеллектуа́льный (of or pertaining to the mind or intellect) · fr noétique (originating in or apprehended by reason) · fr noétique (of or pertaining to the mind or intellect) · bg умствен (originating in or apprehended by reason) · fi ymmärryksellinen (of or pertaining to the mind or intellect) · es noético (of or pertaining to the mind or intellect) · cs noetický (originating in or apprehended by reason) · fi ymmärryksellinen (originating in or apprehended by reason) · ru у́мственный (of or pertaining to the mind or intellect) · cs noetický (of or pertaining to the mind or intellect)