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noumenon

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Noun — (philosophy) A thing as it truly is, apart from how the human mind perceives or understands it, and which can never actually be known.

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

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