noumenal

American  

[noo-muh-nl] / ˈnu mə nl /

adjective

1. ontic.

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Other Word Forms

• nonnoumenal adjective
• nonnoumenally adverb
• noumenalism noun
• noumenalist noun
• noumenality noun
• noumenally adverb

Etymology

Origin of noumenal

First recorded in 1795–1805; noumen(on) + -al ¹

Example Sentences

Comte was never willing to face the fact that the very existence of knowledge has a noumenal as well as a phenomenal side.

From An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant by Moore, Edward Caldwell

That esteem is not disturbed by the confession that "noumenal causes,"—that is, the actual reality of things,—are unknown; for we can still lay claim to valid knowledge of the laws of phenomena.

From Browning as a Philosophical and Religious Teacher by Jones, Henry, Sir

So, from your own point of view, suppose a mind-stuff—logos—-a noumenal cosmic light such as is shadowed in the fourth gospel.

From Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 by Huxley, Leonard

For it teaches the student that to comprehend the noumenal, he must identify himself with Nature.

From Five Years of Theosophy by Various

The noumenal ego is the transcendent personality of the individual—an idea which pure reason necessarily forms and which practical reason establishes.

From Monophysitism Past and Present A Study in Christology by Luce, A. A. (Arthur Aston)