nous

Noun
  1. Common sense (synset 105622930)
    "she has great social nous"
    domain region: britain, great britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
    is a type of: common sense, good sense, gumption, horse sense, mother wit, sense - sound practical judgment
  2. That which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions;
    The seat of the faculty of reason (synset 105619057)
    "his mind wandered"; "I couldn't get his words out of my head"
    is a type of: cognition, knowledge, noesis - the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
    subtypes:
    • noddle - an informal British expression for head or mind
    • tabula rasa - a young mind not yet affected by experience (according to John Locke)
    • ego - (psychoanalysis) the conscious mind
    • unconscious, unconscious mind - that part of the mind wherein psychic activity takes place of which the person is unaware
    • subconscious, subconscious mind - psychic activity just below the level of awareness
    same as: brain, head, mind, psyche

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