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noumenal

[noo-muh-nl]

nou·me·nal

[noo-muh-nl]
adjective

Origin:
1795–1805; noumen(on) + -al1

nou·me·nal·ism, noun
nou·me·nal·ist, noun
nou·me·nal·i·ty, noun
nou·me·nal·ly, adverb
non·nou·me·nal, adjective
EXPAND
non·nou·me·nal·ly, adverb
COLLAPSE
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noumenon (ˈnuːmɪnən, ˈnaʊ-)
 
n , pl -na
1.  Compare phenomenon See also thing-in-itself (in the philosophy of Kant) a thing as it is in itself, not perceived or interpreted, incapable of being known, but only inferred from the nature of experience
2.  the object of a purely intellectual intuition
 
[C18: via German from Greek: thing being thought of, from noein to think, perceive; related to nous mind]
 
'noumenal
 
adj
 
'noumenalism
 
n
 
'noumenalist
 
n, —adj
 
noume'nality
 
n
 
'noumenally
 
adv

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