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English

Etymology

Equivalent to noumen(on) +? -al. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Adjective

noumenal (not comparable)

1. (philosophy, especially Kantianism) Of or pertaining to the noumenon or the realm of things as they are in themselves.

   Antonym: phenomenal

Derived terms

• noumenality
• noumenally

Translations

English

Etymology

From German Noumenon, from Ancient Greek ????????? (nooúmenon, “thing that is known”), passive present participle of ???? (noé?, “I know”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?nu?m?n?n/, /?na?m?n?n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?num?n?n/

Noun

noumenon (plural noumena)

1. (from Kantian philosophy on) A thing as it is independent of any conceptualization or perception by the human mind, postulated by practical reason but existing in a condition which is in principle unknowable and unexperienceable.

   Synonym: thing-in-itself

   Antonym: phenomenon

Related terms

• noumenal

Translations

Further reading

• noumenon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• noumenon in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• “noumenon” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “noumenon”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• William Turner (1911) , “philosophy of Immanuel Kant”, in The Catholic Encyclopedia?^[1], New York: Robert Appleton Company
• Simon Blackburn (1996) The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy, Oxford University Press
• Oxford English Dictionary, second edition, 1989
• Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987–1996
• Dagobert D. Runes (ed.) (1962) Dictionary of Philosophy, Philosophical Library, page 215