Etymology

dianoetic

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Today it means: Pertaining to reason or thinking; intellectual. Full definition →

Ancient Greek διανοητικός
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromδιανοητικός“pertaining to thinking”
  2. English todaydianoetic

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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