Word Study
noetic
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective noetic has 1 sense
- noetic(s = adj.all) intellectual, rational - of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind; "intellectual problems"; "the triumph of the rational over the animal side of man" Derived form noun noesis1
CIDE DICTIONARY
noetic, a. [Gr. , fr. to perceive, mind, intellect.].
Of or pertaining to the intellect; intellectual. [1913 Webster]
"I would employ the word noetic to express all those cognitions which originate in the mind itself."
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
noetic, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 of the intellect.
2 purely intellectual or abstract.
3 given to intellectual speculation.
--n. (in sing. or pl.) the science of the intellect.
--adj.
1 of the intellect.
2 purely intellectual or abstract.
3 given to intellectual speculation.
--n. (in sing. or pl.) the science of the intellect.
Etymology
Gk noetikos f. noetos intellectual f. noeo apprehend
THESAURUS
noetic
bright, cerebral, cogitative, cognitive, concentrating, concentrative, conceptive, conceptual, conceptualized, contemplating, contemplative, deliberating, deliberative, discursive, endopsychic, excogitating, ideational, ideative, intellectual, intelligent, internal, introspective, knowing, meditating, meditative, mental, museful, musing, noological, not so dumb, pensive, phrenic, pondering, prehensive, psychic, psychologic, rational, reasonable, reasoning, reflecting, reflective, ruminant, ruminating, ruminative, sane, sensible, serious, sober, sophic, speculative, spiritual, strong-minded, subjective, thinking, thought, thoughtful, understanding, wistful
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