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Definition noumenon in American English

noumenon noun

noun
1

a thing or event that is known about, even though it cannot be detected by any of the five human senses

Example

This independent reality outside the possibility of experience is termed by Kant the noumenon. He names it this in opposition to the ordinary world of appearances or of phenomena.

Definition noumenon in American English