Dianoetic

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dianoetic \Di`a*no*et"ic\, a. [Gr. ?; dia` through + ? to
     revolve in the mind.] (Metaph.)
     Pertaining to the discursive faculty, its acts or products.
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           I would employ . . . dianoetic to denote the operation


           of the discursive, elaborative, or comparative faculty.
                                                    --Sir W.
                                                    Hamilton.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dianoetic
       adj : proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than
             intuition [syn: {discursive}]