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nous
(no͞os, nous)n.
1. Philosophy
a. Reason and knowledge as opposed to sense perception.
b. The rational part of the individual human soul.
c. The principle of the cosmic mind or soul responsible for the rational order of the cosmos.
d. In Stoicism, the equivalent of Logos.
e. In Neoplatonism, the image of the absolute good, containing the cosmos of intelligible beings.
2. Chiefly British Good sense; shrewdness: "Hillela had the nous to take up with the General when he was on the up-and-up again" (Nadine Gordimer).
[Greek.]
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nous
(naʊs)n
1. (Philosophy) metaphysics mind or reason, esp when regarded as the principle governing all things
2. slang Brit common sense; intelligence
[C17: from Greek, literally: mind]
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nous
(nus, naʊs)n.
(in Greek philosophy) mind; intellect.
[1670–80; < Greek noûs, contracted variant of nóos mind]
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Noun | 1. | nous - common sense; "she has great social nous" common sense, good sense, gumption, horse sense, mother wit, sense - sound practical judgment; "Common sense is not so common"; "he hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples"; "fortunately she had the good sense to run away" Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom |
2. | nous - that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason; "his mind wandered"; "I couldn't get his words out of my head" noddle - an informal British expression for head or mind; "use your noddle" tabula rasa - a young mind not yet affected by experience (according to John Locke) ego - (psychoanalysis) the conscious mind unconscious, unconscious mind - that part of the mind wherein psychic activity takes place of which the person is unaware subconscious, subconscious mind - psychic activity just below the level of awareness |
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nous
[ˈnaʊs] (British) n (= good sense) → bon sens mto have political nous → être habile en politique
to have business nous → être habile en affaires
to have the nous to do sth → avoir l'intelligence de faire qchnouvelle cuisine [ˌnuːvɛlkwɪˈziːn] n → nouvelle cuisine f
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nous
n (Brit inf) → Grips m (inf)
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