dianoia

[ dahy-uh-noi-uh ]

nounGreek Philosophy.
  1. the mental faculty used in discursive reasoning.

Origin of dianoia

1
<Greek diánoia the intellect, a thought, notion, belief, equivalent to dia-dia- + no(eîn) to think + -ia-ia

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British Dictionary definitions for dianoia

dianoia

/ (ˌdaɪəˈnɔɪə) /


nounphilosophy
  1. perception and experience regarded as lower modes of knowledge: Compare noesis

  2. the faculty of discursive reasoning

Origin of dianoia

1
from Greek; see dianoetic

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