The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dianoetic
Dianoetic \Di`a*no*et"ic\, a. [Gr. ?; dia` through + ? to revolve in the mind.] (Metaph.) Pertaining to the discursive faculty, its acts or products.
I would employ . . . dianoetic to denote the operation
of the discursive, elaborative, or comparative faculty.
--Sir W.
Hamilton.
Wiktionary
dianoetic
a. Pertaining to reason or thinking; intellectual.
WordNet
dianoetic
adj. proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition [syn: discursive]