• Noema

    Pronunciation

    • RP enPR: nō.ēʹmÉ™, IPA: /nəʊˈiːmÉ™/,
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    • US enPR: nō.iʹmÉ™, IPA: /noʊˈimÉ™/,
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    Alternative forms

    “noema, n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary Draft revisionclass="example">Dec. 2003, noëma, noēma

    Origin

    From Ancient Greek νόημα (noēma, "concept”, “idea”, “perception”, “thought").

    Full definition of noema

    Noun

    noema

    (plural noemata)
    1. (philosophy) The perceived as perceived
      • 2003, Donn Welton, The New Husserl"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).
    2. (philosophy) That which is perceived in the noesis/noema duality
    3. (rhetoric) An obscure and subtle speech.

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