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noegenesis

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Etymology

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Coined around 1923 by Charles Spearman in The nature of intelligence and the principles of cognition, from noetic +‎ -genesis.

Noun

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noegenesis (uncountable)

  1. (psychology) The acquisition of new knowledge from observation and experience, and from inferring relationships between known things.

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