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- 1. common sense; practical intelligence: informal British "if he had any nous at all, he'd sell the film rights"
- 2. the mind or intellect.
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Nous ( UK: / naʊs /, [1] US: / nuːs / ), from Greek: νοῦς, is a concept from classical philosophy, sometimes equated to intellect or intelligence, for the faculty of the human mind necessary for understanding what is true or real. [2]
noun [ U ] UK informal uk / naʊs / us / naʊs / Add to word list. good judgment and practical ability: Anyone with a bit of nous would have known what to do. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Intelligence. acuity. acumen. agility. aptness. brain. grey matter. gumption. highbrow. horse sense. hyper-intelligent. perceptively. percipiently.
noun. Synonyms of nous. 1. ˈnüs. also. ˈnau̇s : mind, reason: such as. a. : an intelligent purposive principle of the world. b. : the divine reason regarded in Neoplatonism as the first emanation of God. 2. ˈnau̇s chiefly British : common sense, alertness. Synonyms. common sense. discreetness. discretion. gumption [ chiefly dialect] horse sense.
In philosophy, nous is the mind's ability to clearly understand what is true. You might think of nous as reason or intellect. The exact definition of nous varies, depending on whether you're talking to a philosopher, historian, or religious thinker. In Christianity, the nous is the mind, as distinguished from the soul.
Definition of nous noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
(Greek, mind) Reason, and especially the faculty of intellectual apprehension, as distinct from mere empirical knowledge. In Plato nous is the quality enabling one to apprehend the forms.
Definition of 'nous' Word Frequency. nous. (naʊs ) uncountable noun. Nous is intelligence or common sense. [British] Few ministers have the nous or the instinct required to understand the ramifications. He is a man of extraordinary vitality, driving ambition and political nous. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
