noema

See also: Noema

English

WOTD – 21 February 2006

Alternative forms

• noêma, noëma, noēma

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νόημα (nóēma, “concept”, “idea”, “perception”, “thought”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: nō.ēʹmə, nō.āʹmə, IPA^(key): /nəʊˈiːmə/, /nəʊˈeɪmə/,
• (General American) enPR: nō.iʹmə, nō.āʹmə, IPA^(key): /noʊˈimə/, /noʊˈeɪmə/,

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Noun

noema (plural noemata)

1. (philosophy) The perceived as perceived
   • 2003, Donn Welton, The New Husserl:

     "How is it that the noema can be both a sense and the intended objectivity itself? Husserl distinguishes three moments in the noema: the thetic characteristic (noematic correlate of the act-quality), the 'noematic' sense (the assimilation of the act-matter into the newly conceived intentional content), and the determined X (the "innermost moment" of the noema).

2. (philosophy) That which is perceived in the noesis/noema duality
3. (rhetoric) An obscure and subtle speech.

Related terms

• noesis

See also

• noema on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Aomen, Eamon, anemo-, omena