noetic

[ noh-et-ik ]

adjective

1. of or relating to the mind.
2. originating in or apprehended by the reason.

noetic

/ nəʊˈɛtɪk /

adjective

1. of or relating to the mind, esp to its rational and intellectual faculties

Word History and Origins

Origin of noetic¹

First recorded in 1645–55; from Greek noētikós “intelligent, intellectual” equivalent to nóē(sis) noesis + -tikos -tic

Word History and Origins

Origin of noetic¹

C17: from Greek noētikos, from noein to think, from nous the mind

Example Sentences

They are on the one hand “noetic,” that is, you feel you are gaining profound insight into and knowledge of reality.

From Scientific American

This is the “noetic” quality that students of mysticism often describe: the unmistakable sense that whatever has been learned or witnessed has the authority and the durability of objective truth.

From The New Yorker

I have to be careful here since this is really bordering on the philosophical, but I think purposeful thinking necessitates a highly developed brain and autonoetic, or at least noetic, consciousness.

From Scientific American

That, of course, is more or less what Ian Holloway has been saying this week, possibly in between semi-coherent outbursts concerning the overall state of football, poultry and advanced noetic theory.

From The Guardian

The noetic faculty 393 is simply a regulative faculty; it furnishes the laws under which we compare and judge, but it does not supply any original elements of knowledge.

From Project Gutenberg