Thesaurus: dianoetic

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1. a. Pertaining to the discursive faculty, its acts or products.
2. adj. proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition
3. Pertaining to the discursive faculty, its acts or products. I would employ . . . dianoetic to denote the operation of the discursive, elaborative, or comparative faculty. Sir W. Hamilton.
4. Pertaining to the discursive faculty, its acts or products.I would employ . . . dianoetic to denote the operation of thediscursive, elaborative, or comparative faculty. Sir W. Hamilton.
5. s proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition