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A thing as it is independent of any conceptualization or perception by the human mind, postulated by practical reason but existing in a condition which is in principle unknowable and unexperienceable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: noumenon
Antonyms: phenomenon
the intellectual conception of a thing as it is in itself, not as it is known through perception
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: noumenon
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: content, cognitive content, mental object
Literal translation of the German Ding an sich.
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
شَيْء فِي ذَاتِهِ
(šayʔ fī ḏātihi)
— thing as it is independent of any conceptualization — see also noumenon
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Chinese Mandarin:
本體 /本体
(běntǐ)
— thing as it is independent of any conceptualization — see also noumenon
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Chinese Mandarin:
物自體 /物自体
(wùzìtǐ)
— thing as it is independent of any conceptualization — see also noumenon
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Czech:
věc o sobě
— thing as it is independent of any conceptualization — see also noumenon
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Estonian:
asi iseeneses
— thing as it is independent of any conceptualization — see also noumenon
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Finnish:
olio sinänsä
— thing as it is independent of any conceptualization — see also noumenon
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Finnish:
noumeeni
— thing as it is independent of any conceptualization — see also noumenon
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French:
chose en soi
— thing as it is independent of any conceptualization — see also noumenon
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German:
Ding an sich
— thing as it is independent of any conceptualization — see also noumenon
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German:
Ding-an-sich
— thing as it is independent of any conceptualization — see also noumenon
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Greek:
πράγμα αυτό καθ’ αυτό
(prágma aftó kath’ aftó)
— thing as it is independent of any conceptualization — see also noumenon
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Greek:
πράγμα αυτό καθαυτό
(prágma aftó kathaftó)
— thing as it is independent of any conceptualization — see also noumenon
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Hebrew:
דבר בפני עצמו
(davar bifne atsmo)
— thing as it is independent of any conceptualization — see also noumenon
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Italian:
cosa in sé
— thing as it is independent of any conceptualization — see also noumenon
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Japanese:
本体
(hontai)
— thing as it is independent of any conceptualization — see also noumenon
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Japanese:
物自体
(monojitai)
— thing as it is independent of any conceptualization — see also noumenon
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Korean:
물자체
(muljache)
— thing as it is independent of any conceptualization — see also noumenon
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Polish:
rzecz sama w sobie
— thing as it is independent of any conceptualization — see also noumenon
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Polish:
noumen
— thing as it is independent of any conceptualization — see also noumenon
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Polish:
noumenon
— thing as it is independent of any conceptualization — see also noumenon
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Portuguese:
coisa em si
— thing as it is independent of any conceptualization — see also noumenon
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Russian:
вещь в себе́
(veščʹ v sebé)
— thing as it is independent of any conceptualization — see also noumenon
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Slovak:
vec o sebe
— thing as it is independent of any conceptualization — see also noumenon
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Spanish:
cosa en sí
— thing as it is independent of any conceptualization — see also noumenon
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Ukrainian:
річ у собі́
(rič u sobí)
— thing as it is independent of any conceptualization — see also noumenon
