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nous


Main Entry: nous
Function: noun
Etymology: Greek noos, nous mind
Date: 1678

1\ˈnüs also ˈnas\ : mind, reason: as a : an intelligent purposive principle of the world b : the divine reason regarded in Neoplatonism as the first emanation of God
2\ˈnas\ chiefly British : common sense, alertness


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