noegenesis

noun

noe·​genesis

¦nōē+

: a schema for the production of knowledge including three processes: (1) observation; (2) discovery of relations; and (3) the bringing to mind or the creation of ideas that stand in a given relation to given ideas

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek noē- (as in noēma, understanding, thought, noēsis intelligence, understanding) + genesis

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Rhymes for noegenesis

• agenesis
• dysgenesis
• oogenesis
• angiogenesis
• atherogenesis
• carcinogenesis
• embryogenesis
• gametogenesis
• organogenesis
• osteogenesis
• parthenogenesis
• spermatogenesis