Nous - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Full Definition of NOUS 1 \ ˈ nüs also ˈ na u s\: 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 \ ˈ na u s\ chiefly British: common sense,

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