Anoesis

//ænəʊˈiːsɪs// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The reception of impressions or sensations (by the brain) without any intellectual understanding. uncountable

Etymology

From a- (“lacking”) + noesis (“cognition”).

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