Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

noegenesis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: noe-ge-n-e-sis
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

5

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The acquisition of new knowledge from observation and experience, and from inferring relationships between known things.

Uncountable

Etymology

Coined around 1923 by Charles Spearman in The nature of intelligence and the principles of cognition, from noetic + -genesis.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: noetic
Suffix: -genesis

Usage

Uncountable

Derived Forms

noegenetic

Questions

What does noegenesis mean?: The acquisition of new knowledge from observation and experience, and from inferring relationships between known things.
Where does noegenesis come from?: Coined around 1923 by Charles Spearman in The nature of intelligence and the principles of cognition, from noetic + -genesis.

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