Dianoetic \Di`a*no*et"ic\, a. [Gr. ?; dia` through + ? to
revolve in the mind.] (Metaph.)
Pertaining to the discursive faculty, its acts or products.
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I would employ . . . dianoetic to denote the operation
of the discursive, elaborative, or comparative faculty.
--Sir W.
Hamilton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
dianoetic
adj : proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than
intuition [syn: discursive]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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