• Nous

    Pronunciation

    • UK enPR: nous, IPA: /naÊŠs/
    • Rhymes: -aÊŠs
    • US enPR: nooÍžs, IPA: /nuːs/

    Origin

    From Ancient Greek νοῦς (nous) or νόος (noös, "mind").

    Full definition of nous

    Noun

    nous

    1. (philosophy) The mind or intellect, reason, both rational and emotional
      • 1900, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, I feel the will to roam, to learnBy test, experience, nous,That fire is hot and ocean deep,And wolves carnivorous.
    2. In neoplatonism, the divine reason, regarded as first divine emanation.
    3. Common sense; practical intelligence.

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