noumenal

[noo-muh-nl]

adjective

ontic.

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Origin of noumenal

First recorded in 1795–1805; noumen(on) + -al¹

Related formsnou·me·nal·ism, nounnou·me·nal·ist, nounnou·me·nal·i·ty, nounnou·me·nal·ly, adverbnon·nou·me·nal, adjectivenon·nou·me·nal·ly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for noumenal

Historical Examples

(So are all phenomenal bodies but reflections of the noumenal).
The Yoga-Vasishtha Maharamayana of Valmiki, vol. 3 (of 4) part 2 (of 2)
Valmiki
The phenomenal is a mode of the noumenal, as heat is a mode of motion.
The Metaphysic of Christianity and Buddhism
Dawsonne M. Strong
There is no line of demarcation between the noumenal and phenomenal.
The Metaphysic of Christianity and Buddhism
Dawsonne M. Strong
Spencer is careful to insist upon this relation of the phenomenal to the noumenal.
Edward Caldwell Moore
Edward Moore
So, from your own point of view, suppose a mind-stuff—λὀγος—a noumenal cosmic light such as is shadowed in the fourth gospel.
Aphorisms and Reflections from the works of T. H. Huxley
Thomas Henry Huxley

Word Origin and History for noumenal

adj.

1803, from noumenon + -al (1).

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