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Dianoetic
Diˊa-no-et′ic
,Adj.
[Gr. [GREEK];
διά
through + [GREEK] to revolve in the mind.] (Metaph.)
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.