Noetic

3 definitions found

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

  Noetic \No*et"ic\, Noetical \No*et"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to
     perceive, ? mind, intellect.]
     Of or pertaining to the intellect; intellectual.
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           I would employ the word noetic to express all those


           cognitions which originate in the mind itself. --Sir W.
                                                    Hamilton.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  noetic
       adj : of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind;
             "intellectual problems"; "the triumph of the rational
             over the animal side of man" [syn: {intellectual}, {rational}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  58 Moby Thesaurus words for "noetic":
     bright, cerebral, cogitative, cognitive, concentrating,
     concentrative, conceptive, conceptual, conceptualized,
     contemplating, contemplative, deliberating, deliberative,
     discursive, endopsychic, excogitating, ideational, ideative,
     intellectual, intelligent, internal, introspective, knowing,
     meditating, meditative, mental, museful, musing, noological,
     not so dumb, pensive, phrenic, pondering, prehensive, psychic,
     psychologic, rational, reasonable, reasoning, reflecting,
     reflective, ruminant, ruminating, ruminative, sane, sensible,
     serious, sober, sophic, speculative, spiritual, strong-minded,
     subjective, thinking, thought, thoughtful, understanding,
     wistful