noosphere

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The sphere of human reason, thought, and consciousness, seen as a theoretical evolutionary stage.

Pronunciation

/ˈnəʊ.əsfɪə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-noosphere.wav /ˈnoʊ.əsfɪɚ/

Word forms

noosphere noospheres noösphere

Etymology

Borrowed from French noosphère, from Ancient Greek νόος (nóos, “mind, spirit”) + Ancient Greek σφαῖρα (sphaîra, “ball, globe”), developed and perhaps coined by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and Vladimir Vernadsky, in analogy to atmosphere, biosphere etc. By surface analysis, nous (“mind”) + -sphere.

Related words

nous § Related terms biosphere ecosphere neurosphere Omega Point

Derived words

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