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Noun: noumenon (noumena)  'noo-mu,nón
  1. The intellectual conception of a thing as it is in itself, not as it is known through perception
    "Kant's philosophy distinguishes between phenomena and noumena";
    - thing-in-itself

Derived forms: noumena

Type of: cognitive content, content, mental object

Encyclopedia: Noumenon