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noumenal

[ noo-muh-nl ]

/ ˈnu mə nl /

adjective

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Origin of noumenal

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

OTHER WORDS FROM noumenal

nou·me·nal·ism, nounnou·me·nal·ist, nounnou·me·nal·i·ty, nounnou·me·nal·ly, adverb

non·nou·me·nal, adjectivenon·nou·me·nal·ly, adverb

Words nearby noumenal

nougatine, nought, noughties, noughts-and-crosses, Nouméa, noumenal, noumenon, noun, noun adjunct, noun clause, noun incorporation

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Example sentences from the Web for noumenal

(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
It is the one form in which noumenal reality directly discloses itself to the human mind.
A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason'|Norman Kemp Smith
The reality of freedom, as a form of noumenal activity, is the cardinal fact of Kants metaphysics of morals.
A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason'|Norman Kemp Smith
Kant here denies all interaction of mind and body, and recognises only the interaction of their noumenal conditions.
A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason'|Norman Kemp Smith

They were regarded as correlative opposites, the dual centres of noumenal reference for our merely subjective representations.
A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason'|Norman Kemp Smith

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