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unbewised en · ADJ

Etymology

From un- + be- + wised, perhaps modelled after German unbewusst (“unconscious, unwitting, involuntary”) or German unbewiesen (“unproven, unverified”). Compare also Dutch onbewijst (“unproven, unverified”).

Meanings

1. (nonce-word) Unconscious; unproven.
   • Can the polysemic and nomadic meanings of a text such as the Qur'an overcome the unbewised efforts to reduce it to monologic decree? 1990, Dennis J. Schmidt, Hermeneutics and the Potic Motion:

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