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nou·me·non \ˈnüməˌnän, ˈnau̇m-\ noun (plural noume·na \-_nə\) Etymology: German, from Greek nooumenon that which is conceived, thought, from neuter of present passive participle of noein to conceive, think, from nous mind 1. Kantianism a. : an object that is conceived by reason and consequently thinkable but is not knowable by the senses : thing-in-itself b. : an unknowable object (as God or the soul) whose existence is theoretically problematic 2. : an object of purely rational apprehension as opposed to an object of perception |