noosphere

== English == === Alternative forms === noösphere === Etymology === Borrowed from French noosphère, from Ancient Greek νόος (nóos, “mind, spirit”) + Ancient Greek σφαῖρα (sphaîra, “ball, globe”), developed and perhaps coined by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and Vladimir Vernadsky, in analogy to atmosphere, biosphere etc. By surface analysis, nous (“mind”) +‎ -sphere. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈnəʊ.əsfɪə/ (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈnoʊ.əsfɪɚ/ === Noun === noosphere (plural noospheres) The sphere of human reason, thought, and consciousness, seen as a theoretical evolutionary stage. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== See: nous § Related terms biosphere ecosphere neurosphere ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== Omega Point === Further reading === noosphere on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “noosphere”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.