Nous

//nuːs// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The mind or intellect, reason, both rational and emotional. uncountable

    "I feel the will to roam, to learn By test, experience, nous, That fire is hot and ocean deep, And wolves carnivorous."

  2. 2
    that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason wordnet
  3. 3
    The divine reason, regarded as first divine emanation. uncountable
  4. 4
    common sense wordnet
  5. 5
    Common sense; practical intelligence. uncountable

    "to demonstrate nous"

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek νοῦς (noûs) or νόος (nóos, “mind”).

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