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dianoetic
3 dictionary results for: dianoetic
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
di·a·no·et·ic       [dahy-uh-noh-et-ik] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
pertaining to dianoia.
[Origin: 1670–80; < Gk dianoétik(ós), equiv. to diáno(ia) dianoia + -é- thematic vowel + -tikos -tic]

—Related forms
di·a·no·et·i·cal·ly, adverb
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Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
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dianoetic

adjective
proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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Dianoetic

Di`a*no*et"ic\, a. [Gr. ?; dia` through + ? to revolve in the mind.] (Metaph.) Pertaining to the discursive faculty, its acts or products.

I would employ . . . dianoetic to denote the operation of the discursive, elaborative, or comparative faculty. --Sir W. Hamilton.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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