noumenon
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noumenon /ˈnaʊmənɒn, ˈnaʊmənɒn/
▶noun (pl. noumena) (in Kantian philosophy) a thing as it is in itself, as distinct from a thing as it is knowable by the senses through phenomenal attributes.
– derivatives
noumenal adjective.
noumenal adjective.
– origin C18: via Ger. from Gk, lit. ‘(something) conceived’.
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