Meanings
plural noemata · alternative noêma · alternative noëma · alternative noēma
- human sciencesThe perceived as perceived
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"How is it that the noema can be both a sense and the intended objectivity itself? Husserl distinguishes three moments in the noema: the thetic characteristic (noematic correlate of the act-quality), the 'noematic' sense (the assimilation of the act-matter into the newly conceived intentional content), and the determined X (the "innermost moment" of the noema).
2003, Donn Welton, The New Husserl - human sciencesThat which is perceived in the noesis/noema duality
- rhetoricAn obscure and subtle speech.
Origin
- Ancient Greekνόημα“concept”, “idea”, “perception”, “thought”
- Englishnoema
From Ancient Greek νόημα (nóēma, “concept”, “idea”, “perception”, “thought”).
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noema. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noema
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