noun
agnosy
Agnosy (noun) means a lack of spiritual insight or understanding.
noun
1
A lack of spiritual insight or understanding.
2
(medical) A reduced ability to perceive things through the senses.
"Somato-agnosies vary widely, and somato-paraphrenia is one of the examples of this inability to recognize a part of the body as one's own."
— JL Petit, A Husserlian, Neurophenomenologic Approach to Embodiment (2010)
3
A person who has this kind of perceptual disorder.
4
A lack of knowledge, especially one shared by a whole group of people.
"No historical anecdote had ever brought home to Fiben so well just how much agnosy and craziness poor human mels and fems had endured."
— David Brin, The Uplift War (2011)
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Etymology
By surface analysis, a- + -gnosy; diachronically, probably from the same borrowing as agnosia, which see.
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What is the meaning of agnosy?
"agnosy" (noun) means a lack of spiritual insight or understanding.
What is another word for agnosy?
Other words for "agnosy" include agnosia.
What are the different meanings of agnosy?
"agnosy" has 3 main meanings: 1. A lack of spiritual insight or understanding; 2. (medical) A reduced ability to perceive things through the senses; 3. A person who has this kind of perceptual disorder.
