The perceptive faculty enabling one to recognise the form and the nature of persons and things; the faculty of perceiving and recognizing. ... Origin: G. Gnosis, knowledge ... (05 Mar 2000) ... 
(no´se-ә) the faculty of perceiving and recognizing. adj., gnos´tic, adj. .
Type: Term Pronunciation: nō′sē-ă Definitions: 1. The perceptive faculty enabling one to recognize the form and the nature of people and things; the faculty of perceiving and recognizing.