of or relating to thought, esp to discursive reasoning rather than intuition
Compare discursive (sense 2)
Word origin
C17: from Greek dianoētikos, from dianoia the thinking process, an opinion, from dia- + noein to think
dianoetic in American English
(ˌdaiənouˈetɪk)
adjective
pertaining to dianoia
Derived forms
dianoetically
adverb
Word origin
[1670–80; ‹ Gk dianoētik(ós), equiv. to diáno(ia) dianoia + -ē- thematic vowel + -tikos-tic]This word is first recorded in the period 1670–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cohesion, festoon, saber, slump, splutter-tic is a suffix, equivalent in meaning to -ic, occurring in adjectives of Greek origin (analytic), used esp. in the formation of adjectives from nouns with stems in -sis. Other words that use the affix -tic include: ascetic, ecliptic, fantastic, hypnotic, narcotic