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Nou"me*nal (?), a. (Metaph.)
Of or pertaining to the noumenon; real; -- opposed to
phenomenal. G. H. Lewes.

||Nou"me*non (?), n. [NL. fr. Gr. &?;
the thing perceived, p. pr. pass. of &?; to perceive, &?; the mind.]
(Metaph.) The of itself unknown and unknowable rational
object, or thing in itself, which is distinguished from the
phenomenon through which it is apprehended by the senses, and
by which it is interpreted and understood; -- so used in the
philosophy of Kant and his followers.

Noun (?), n. [OF. noun,
nun, num, non, nom, F. nom, fr. L.
nomen name. See Name.] (Gram.) A word used
as the designation or appellation of a creature or thing, existing in
fact or in thought; a substantive.

&fist; By some grammarians the term noun is so used as to
include adjectives, as being descriptive; but in general it is
limited to substantives.

Noun"al (?), a.


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