Noumenon Definition

no͝omə-nŏn
noumena
noun
noumena
In Kantian philosophy, a thing as it is in itself, as such unable to be known through sense perception but postulated as the intelligible ground of a phenomenon.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Noumenon

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Singular:
noumenon
Plural:
noumena

Origin of Noumenon

  • German from Greek nooumenon from neuter present passive participle of noein to perceive by thought from nous mind

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Ancient Greek νοούμενον (nooumenon), passive present participle of νοέω (noeō, “I know").

    From Wiktionary

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