nonsensuous

9.3

Not for the senses but for the mind

adjective
/nɒnˈsɛnʃuəs/

Formal

: no sensorial

His argument was nonsensuous, focusing on logic and reason rather than emotional appeal.

It is a nonsensuous act of the spirit coming back to this notion of spiritual intentionality, right?

Examples

Benjamin's theory of the mimetic faculty is concerned primarily with "nonsensuous" similarities—correspondences that unconsciously or imperceptibly permeate our lives.

Academic text (2004)
We tend to be conscious primarily of two types of data: those that have come from our own past (through that mode of nonsensuous perception that we call "memory") and those that have come to us through our physical senses.

Academic text (1991)
It is a nonsensuous act of the spirit coming back to this notion of spiritual intentionality, right?

Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy
The novel was filled with nonsensuous ideas that required deep thought and reflection.
To appreciate the art fully, one must understand its nonsensuous qualities, which evoke intellectual engagement.

Synonyms

nonsensory

vsnonsensuous

1 7.8

Not about the senses like sight or hearing

is more about intellectual lack of sensory pleasure than mere absence of sense relation

Antonyms

sensory

58 3.8

Relating to what you notice with sight, hearing, taste, touch, or smell

sensuous

15 6.1

Enjoying beauty through your senses like sight, smell, and touch

How Sensory

sensuous

15 6.1

sensory

58 3.8

nonsensuous

Formal

9.3

intellectual

344 5.5

Surface Forms

nonsensuous positive

Morphology

nonsensuous = sensuous (transparent) = non + sensuous

Meaning is a straightforward negation: 'non-' + 'sensuous' yields 'not sensuous', which is predictable for learners.

Etymology

Nonsensuous starts with non- meaning 'not' and the rest comes from sense, which means 'feeling' or the five senses. So a nonsensuous thing does not aim at touch, sight, or taste but at the mind and ideas.