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nonsensory

nonsensory

7.8
Not about the senses like sight or hearing
  • adjective
  • /nɑnˈsɛnˌsɔri/
translation icon : no sensorial
  • The artist aimed to convey feelings through nonsensory experiences that could not be seen or touched.
  • nonsensory prehension
  • nonsensory perception
  • nonsensory knowledge

Examples

  • For the potential of the modem age to be realized, the renewal of thinking and the development of nonsensory, qualitative ways of knowing become essential.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Genuine knowledge of nonsensory qualities is no more possible here than it was deemed to be at the beginning of the scientific revolution.

    Academic text (1992)
  • In the process theology and philosophy of David Griffin, the reality and importance of nonsensory knowledge is given central place.

    Academic text (1992)
  • In any case, both men affirmed the reality of nonsensory perception.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Although it is hidden to sensory perception, it is not in every case hidden to nonsensory prehension.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Nonsensory perceptions can also become conscious with a similar clarity and force.

    Academic text (1991)
  • The first criterion is that we develop ways of knowing the nonsensory realities, apart from which the sensible world lacks meaning and enjoyment.

    Academic text (1992)
  • This allowance for nonsensory perception enabled both thinkers to have what Steiner called an "epistemological monism."

    Academic text (1991)
  • We human beings must already presuppose a minimum intuition of nonsensory realities as the irreducible possibility of even our ordinary, sense-bound knowing itself.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Understanding philosophical concepts often involves nonsensory reasoning rather than relying on our five senses.

Synonyms

nonsensuous
vsnonsensory
  • Formal
9.3

Not for the senses but for the mind

is simply not related to senses without stressing any intellectual quality

Antonyms

54 3.8

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

How Sensory

extrasensory
4 9.1
sensory
54 3.8
nonsensory
7.8

Surface Forms

nonsensory positive

Morphology

nonsensory = sensory (transparent) = non + sensory

The adjective is formed by straightforward negation (non- + sensory), so the meaning is directly the opposite of 'sensory'.

Etymology

Nonsensory is made of non- meaning 'not' and sensory from sense, which is about 'feeling' with your eyes, ears, skin, tongue or nose. So nonsensory means 'not related to the senses', for example ideas or influences that do not come from sight, hearing, touch, taste or smell.