different between anoesis vs anesis

English

Alternative forms

• anoësis

Etymology

As if from an Ancient Greek etymon of the form *??????? (*ano?sis, “lack of intelligence, lack of understanding”); compare the English noesis and the Ancient Greek ??????? (anó?tos, “inconceivable”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ?n???s?s, IPA^(key): /æn???i?s?s/

Noun

anoesis (uncountable)

1. (psychology) The reception of impressions or sensations (by the brain) without any intellectual understanding.

Related terms

• noesis

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek ?????? (ánesis, “loosening, abatement, remission”)

Noun

anesis

1. (medicine) Remission of disease symptoms.
2. (rhetoric) Addition of a sentence, clause or phrase that diminishes what preceded.

Synonyms

• (rhetoric): abating

Anagrams

• Inessa, Saines, anises, asines, sanies, sansei

Latin

Noun

anes?s

1. dative plural of anesum
2. ablative plural of anesum

References

• anesis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)