nous
pronunciation
How to pronounce nous in British English:
UK [naʊs]
How to pronounce nous in American English:
US [nus, naʊs]
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- Noun:
- common sense
- that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason
Word Origin
- nous (n.)
- slang for "intelligence, common sense," 1706, from Greek nous, Attic form of noos "mind, intellect," which was taken in English in philosophy 1670s.
Example
- 1. Bureaucrats with little investment nous are in charge .
- 2. Perhaps that shows a lack of public-relations nous .
- 3. But on balance , the summation in his epilogue is probably correct : philosophical self-examination is not a reliable source of happiness or political nous .
- 4. This ' triangulation ' is the combination of hardheaded data analysis , coupled with business nous .
- 5. Although malaysia had few skilled biologists , its politicians decided to build biovalley on the ruins of entertainment village , an attempt to create a malaysian hollywood that failed for lack of media nous .