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English noun: nous | |||
| 1. | nous (cognition) common sense | ||
| Samples | She has great social nous. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | common sense, good sense, gumption, horse sense, mother wit, sense | ||
| Domain region | Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | ||
| 2. | nous (cognition) that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason | ||
| Samples | His mind wandered. I couldn't get his words out of my head. | ||
| Synonyms | brain, head, mind, psyche | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cognition, knowledge, noesis | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | ego, noddle, subconscious, subconscious mind, tabula rasa, unconscious, unconscious mind | ||
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