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noun
The mind or intellect, reason, both rational and emotional.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
The divine reason, regarded as first divine emanation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Common sense; practical intelligence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: mind, head, brain, psyche
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cognition, knowledge, noesis
Narrower terms: noddle, tabula rasa, ego, unconscious mind, unconscious, subconscious mind, subconscious
noun
common sense
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: common sense, good sense, gumption, horse sense, sense, mother wit
History
Borrowed from Ancient Greek νοῦς (noûs) or νόος (nóos, “mind”).
Across languages
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
