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noumena

[noo-muh-non] Origin

nou·me·non

[noo-muh-non]
noun, plural -na [-nuh] .
1.
the object, itself inaccessible to experience, to which a phenomenon is referred for the basis or cause of its sense content.
2.
a thing in itself, as distinguished from a phenomenon or thing as it appears.
3.
Kantianism. something that can be the object only of a purely intellectual, nonsensuous intuition.

Origin:
1790–1800; < Greek nooúmenon a thing being perceived, noun use of neuter of present participle passive of noeîn to perceive; akin to nous
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noumenon
1796, "object of intellectual intuition" (opposed to a phenomenon), term introduced by Kant, from Gk. noumenon "that which is perceived," neut. passive prp. of noeo "I perceive by the mind" (from noos "mind"), with passive suffix -menos.
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