DIANOIA

Meaning of DIANOIA in English

/duy'euh noy"euh/ , n. Greek Philos.

the mental faculty used in discursive reasoning.

[ diánoia the intellect, a thought, notion, belief, equiv. to dia- DIA- + no ( eîn ) to think + -ia -IA ]

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DIANOIA — ˌdīəˈnȯiə also -ȯiyə noun ( -s ) Etymology: Greek, from dianoeisthai to have in mind, think, from dia- + nous …
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UNDERSTANDING — I. noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, from understandan to understand + -ing 1. : the …
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NOESIS — nōˈēsə̇s noun ( -es ) Etymology: Greek noēsis, from noein to perceive, think 1. : purely intellectual apprehension: a. Platonism …
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ETHOS — ˈēˌthäs sometimes ˈeˌ- or -thōs noun ( -es ) Etymology: New Latin, from Greek ēthos character, delineation of character, custom, …
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DIANOETIC — |dīənō|ed.ik adjective Etymology: Greek dianoētikos, from dianoētos (verbal of dianoeisthai to think) + -ikos -ic : of or relating to …
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DIANOETIC — — dianoetically , adv. /duy'euh noh et"ik/ , adj. pertaining to dianoia. [ 1670-80; dianoetik ( ós ), equiv. to …
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