Definition of Nous in English :

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Nous meaning in English

Meaning of Nous in English

Pronunciation of Nous in English

Nous pronunciation in English

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Nous

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Noun

1. nous

common sense

Example Sentences:
'she has great social nous'

2. brain, head, mind, nous, psyche

that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason

Example Sentences:
'his mind wandered'
'I couldn't get his words out of my head'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Nous

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noun
1. metaphysics
mind or reason, esp when regarded as the principle governing all things
2. British slang
common sense; intelligence

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Nous

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noun
Philosophy
mind, reason, or intellect, specif. as a metaphysical principle

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Nous

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n.
1. Philosophy
a. Reason and knowledge as opposed to sense perception.
b. The rational part of the individual human soul.
c. The principle of the cosmic mind or soul responsible for the rational order of the cosmos.
d. In Stoicism, the equivalent of Logos.
e. In Neoplatonism, the image of the absolute good, containing the cosmos of intelligible beings.
2. Chiefly British Good sense; shrewdness: "Hillela had the nous to take up with the General when he was on the up-and-up again" (Nadine Gordimer).

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