notition

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noun

Knowledge or information.

Scrabble 8

Meanings

nounnotition (uncountable)
  1. obsoleterareuncountableKnowledge or information.

    There shall he have the very notition, But as we can, we shall us address, Briefly with your favour, beginning our process.

    1933 July 28, R. Crompton Rhodes, “The Theatre”, in The Spectator, volume 151, page 125
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    ’An idea is a distinct sentiment, a marked and unmixed sensation.’ But what kind of notition are we to acquire by so vague an interpretation as this?

    1801, “Memoirs of the National Institute of Sciences and Arts”, in The Critical Review, volume 32, page 533

    His notition of individuation as a journey towards self-understanding and exploration of the self archetype mark a move away from a child-centred view of psychodynamics […]

    2006, Herman Fridsma, The Transpersonal Psychology In General And The Analytic Therapy In Special In Relation To Metaphysical Science And Counseling, page 21

Origin

  1. Middle Englishnoticion
  2. Middle Englishnoticion
  3. Englishnotition

Inherited from Middle English noticion.

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APA

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Chicago

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