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anoetic |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Anoetic \An`o*et"ic\, a. [Gr. ? unthinkable; ? priv. + ? perceptible, thinkable.] 1. Unthinkable. [Rare] 2. (Psychol.) Not subject to conscious attention; having an indefinite, relatively passive, conscious being characteristic of the ``fringe'' or ``margin'' of consciousness. Presentation considered as having an existence relatively independent of thought, may be called sentience, or anoetic consciousness. Thought and sentience are fundamentally distinct mental functions. --G. F. Stout.