1.
[syn: dianoetic, discursive]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dianoetic \Di`a*no*et"ic\, a. [Gr. ?; dia` through + ? to
revolve in the mind.] (Metaph.)
Pertaining to the discursive faculty, its acts or products.
[1913 Webster]
I would employ . . . dianoetic to denote the operation
of the discursive, elaborative, or comparative faculty.
--Sir W.
Hamilton.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
dianoetic
adj 1: proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather
than intuition [syn: dianoetic, discursive]