"noesis" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /nəʊˈiːsɪs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /noʊˈisɪs/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-noesis.ogg Forms: noeses [plural], noêsis [alternative], noësis [alternative], noēsis [alternative]
enPR: nō.ēʹsĭs [Received-Pronunciation], nō.ēʹsĭs [General-American] Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek νόησις (nóēsis, “concept”, “idea”, “intelligence”, “understanding”), from νοεῖν (noeîn, “to intend”, “to perceive”, “to see”, “to understand”) (from νοῦς (noûs, “mind”, “thought”), from νόος (nóos)) + -σις (-sis), suffix forming nouns of action. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)neh₁-}}, {{lbor|en|grc|νόησις||concept”, “idea”, “intelligence”, “understanding}} Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek νόησις (nóēsis, “concept”, “idea”, “intelligence”, “understanding”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~|noeses}} noesis (countable and uncountable, plural noeses)
  1. (psychology) Cognition, the functioning of intellect. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Psychology
    Sense id: en-noesis-en-noun-en:cognition Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
  2. (Greek philosophy) The exercise of reason. Tags: Greek, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Philosophy
    Sense id: en-noesis-en-noun-en:exercise_of_reason__in_Ancient_Greek_philosophy Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
  3. (metaphysics) The consciousness component of noetics, which concerns the duality of noesis and noema. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Metaphysics
    Sense id: en-noesis-en-noun-en:consciousness_component_of_noetics__including_the_duality_of_noesis_and_noema Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 14 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 14 64 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 9 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: anoesis, autonoesis, autonoetic, noema, noetic [adjective], nous (english: and its related terms)

Inflected forms

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