noumenon

Meaning

Noun

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.

Origin

From German Noumenon, from Ancient Greek νοούμενον ("thing that is known"), passive present participle of νοέω.

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