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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dianoetic \Di`a*no*et"ic\, a. [Gr. ?; dia` through + ? to revolve in the mind.] (Metaph.) Pertaining to the discursive faculty, its acts or products. I would employ . . . dianoetic to denote the operation of the discursive, elaborative, or comparative faculty. --Sir W. Hamilton. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dianoetic adj : (philosophy) proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition [syn: {discursive}]
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