noesis

== English == === Alternative forms === noêsis, noësis, noēsis === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: nō.ēʹsĭs, IPA(key): /nəʊˈiːsɪs/ (General American) enPR: nō.ēʹsĭs, IPA(key): /noʊˈisɪs/ === Noun === noesis (countable and uncountable, plural noeses) (psychology) Cognition, the functioning of intellect. (Greek philosophy) The exercise of reason. (metaphysics) The consciousness component of noetics, which concerns the duality of noesis and noema. ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Anagrams === Enosis, eosins, essoin, neosis, noises, nosies, onsies, ossein, sonsie == Finnish == === Etymology === < Ancient Greek νόησις (nóēsis) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnoe(ː)sis/, [ˈno̞e̞(ː)s̠is̠] Rhymes: -oesis Syllabification(key): no‧e‧sis Hyphenation(key): noe‧sis === Noun === noesis (phenomenology) noesis ==== Declension ====