noesis
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sɪs noun
1.
(in Greek philosophy) the exercise of reason.
2.
Psychology. cognition; the functioning of the intellect.
Origin:
1880–85; < Greek nóēsis thought, intelligence, equivalent to noē- (variant stem of noeîn to think) + -sis -sis
1880–85; < Greek nóēsis thought, intelligence, equivalent to noē- (variant stem of noeîn to think) + -sis -sis
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| —n | |
| 1. | philosophy Compare dianoia the exercise of reason, esp in the apprehension of universal forms |
| 2. | psychol See also cognition the mental process used in thinking and perceiving; the functioning of the intellect |
| [C19: from Greek noēsis thought, from noein to think] | |
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Noesis
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
Example sentences
Bags are deployed with varying degrees of noesis based on the presumed risk of injury.
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