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dianoetic

/daɪənəʊˈɛtɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
di-a-noet-ic
IPA
/daɪənəʊˈɛtɪk/
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to reason or thinking; intellectual.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Ancient Greek διανοητικός (dianoētikós, “pertaining to thinking”), from διανοητός (dianoētós), verbal adjective of διανοέομαι (dianoéomai, “to think”), from δια- (dia-, “through”) + νοέω (noéō, “to think, suppose”).

Inflected Forms

more dianoetic (comparative) most dianoetic (superlative)

Derived Forms

dianoetically

Frequently Paired Words

dianoialogy dianoiology

Synonyms

discursive

Antonyms

intuitive

Questions

How do you pronounce dianoetic?
The recorded pronunciation is /daɪənəʊˈɛtɪk/.
What does dianoetic mean?
Pertaining to reason or thinking; intellectual.
Where does dianoetic come from?
From Ancient Greek διανοητικός (dianoētikós, “pertaining to thinking”), from διανοητός (dianoētós), verbal adjective of διανοέομαι (dianoéomai, “to think”), from δια- (dia-, “through”) + νοέω (noéō, “to think, suppose”).

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