NOUMENON


Meaning of NOUMENON in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈnü-mə-ˌnän ]

noun

( plural nou·me·na -nə, -ˌnä)

Etymology: German, from Greek nooumenon that which is apprehended by thought, from neuter of present passive participle of noein to think, conceive, from nous mind

Date: 1796

: a posited object or event as it appears in itself independent of perception by the senses

• nou·men·al -mə-n ə l adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.