单词 | henid |
释义 | henidn. Philosophy. In the philosophy of Otto Weininger (1880–1903): a vague perception or sensation which has not yet developed into a conscious thought; a barely formed idea. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > developmental psychology > [noun] > data at earliest stage henid1906 1906 tr. O. Weininger Sex & Character ii. iii. 99 I propose for psychical data at this earliest stage of their existence the word Henid [Ger. Henide] (from the Greek ἕν, because in them it is impossible to distinguish perception and sensation as two analytically separable factors, and because, therefore, there is no trace of duality in them)... The very idea of a henid forbids its description; it is merely a something. 1915 J. London Jacket xiv. 160 ‘I'll—’ he began explosively, proving, by his inability to conclude the remark, that he thought in henids. 1961 R. H. Hoffmann & A. W. Pezet Conquest of Tension ix. 146 He [sc. Hans Selye] undoubtedly obtained at least the henid of his hypothesis while a student at the University of Prague, but it required thirty years of painstaking and often frustrating experiment before he was ready to report to the medical world. 2000 C. Sengoopta Otto Weininger iii. 53 To recapitulate Weininger's argument, females thought in henids and therefore did not really have memories. DerivativesΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > developmental psychology > [adjective] > relating to henids henidical1908 1908 J. London Martin Eden xxxvii. 321 By some henidical process—henidical, by the way, is a favorite word of mine which nobody understands—by some henidical process you persuade yourself that you believe in the competitive system and the survival of the strong. 1926 G. Sterling in Overland Monthly June 185/3 The henidical nonsense with which weak souls flatter themselves. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1906 |
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