Etymology

noumenon

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Today it means: A thing as it is independent of any conceptualization or perception by the human mind, postulated by practical reason but existing in a condition which is in principle unknowable and unexperienceable. Full definition →

German Noumenon ← Ancient Greek νοούμενον
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromνοούμενον“thing that is known”
  2. German · borrowed fromNoumenon
  3. English todaynoumenon

From German Noumenon, from Ancient Greek νοούμενον (nooúmenon, “thing that is known”), passive present participle of νοέω (noéō, “I know”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekνοούμενον all →

numinous

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