noetic

adj, noun — 4 senses

noetic

adj

UK /nəʊˈɛt.ɪk/ · US /noʊˈɛt.ɪk/

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.1982, Walter J. Ong, Orality and Literacy, Routledge, →ISBN, pages 23–24:

2

Originating in or apprehended by reason.

Derived terms: autonoetic, noegenesis, noetically, noetic flatness
Related terms: noesis

noetic

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.

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