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nous

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noun/naʊs//nuːs/
  1. 1

    The mind or intellect, faculty for rationality or reason using the necessary common sense or awareness.uncountable

    • I feel the will to roam, to learn By test, experience, nous, That fire is hot and ocean deep, And wolves carnivorous.
  2. 2

    The divine reason, regarded as first divine emanation.uncountable

  3. 3

    Common sense; practical intelligence.uncountable

    • to demonstrate nous

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