dianoetic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Pertaining to reason or thinking; intellectual.

Pronunciation

/daɪənəʊˈɛtɪk/

Word forms

dianoetic more dianoetic most dianoetic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek διανοητικός (dianoētikós, “pertaining to thinking”), from διανοητός (dianoētós), verbal adjective of διανοέομαι (dianoéomai, “to think”), from δια- (dia-, “through”) + νοέω (noéō, “to think, suppose”).

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