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Meaning of dianoetic | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2
daɪənəʊˈɛtɪk

Definitions

Pertaining to reason or thinking; intellectual.

Equivalents

Deutsch dianoetisch
Ελληνικά διανοητικός
Italiano dianoetico

Examples

“The bitter laugh laughs at that which is not good, it is the ethical laugh. The hollow laugh laughs at that which is not true, it is the intellectual laugh. Not good! Not true! Well well. But the mirthless laugh is the dianoetic laugh, down the snout — Haw! — so.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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