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pronoiai

pronoiai is the plural of pronoia.

Meaning of pronoia

Noun (1)

pronoia (countable and uncountable, plural pronoiae or pronoiai or pronoias)

  1. Divine providence, foreknowledge, foresight.
    • Now Providence (which the Greekes call Pronoia) is an intellectuall knowledge, both fore-ſeeing, caring for, and ordering all things, and doth not onely behold all paſt, all present, and all to come, but is the cauſe of their ſo being, which Preſcience (ſimply taken) is not: and therefore...1614, Walter Raleigh, “Of the Creation, and Preservation of the World”, in The Historie of the World. In Five Bookes. […], London: Printed for Walter Bvrre, →OCLC, § XIII (Of Providence), page 15
  2. (historical, Byzantine Empire) An imperial grant to an individual of temporary fiscal rights in the form of land, incomes or taxes from land, fishing rights, etc., sometimes carrying with it an obligation of military service.
    • Unlike fiefs, pronoiai were granted only by the emperor, and so they played no role in producing the subinfeudation and the hierarchical social and political structure characteristic of Western feudalism. Pronoia was a fiscal and administrative institution; the fief territorial and personal. The...1992, Mark C. Bartusis, “Smallholding and Pronoia Soldiers and Their Financing”, in Ruth Mazo Karras, editor, The Late Byzantine Army: Arms and Society, 1204–1453 (The Middle Ages Series)...

Noun (2)

pronoia (uncountable)

  1. A belief (sometimes regarded as irrational) that people conspire to do one good.
    • Pronoia is the positive counterpart of paranoia. It is the delusion that others think well of one. Actions and the products of one's efforts are thought to be well received and praised by others. Mere acquaintances are thought to be close friends; politeness and the exchange of pleasantries are...1982 October 1, Fred H. Goldner, “Pronoia”, in Social Problems, volume 30, number 1, Berkeley, Calif.: Published by the University of California Press for the Society for the Study of Social...
    Antonyms:
    paranoia

Questions about pronoiai

What is pronoiai the plural of?
Pronoiai is the plural of pronoia.

Words near pronoiai in the dictionary

  1. pronociception
  2. pronociceptive
  3. pronograde
  4. pronoia
  5. pronoiae
  6. pronoiai
  7. pronoiar
  8. pronoiars
  9. pronoias
  10. pronoid
  11. pronoids

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