noosphere means the sphere of human reason, thought, and consciousness, seen as a theoretical evolutionary stage. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.
noosphere is pronounced /ˈnəʊ.əsfɪə/.
Why “noosphere” is a great word
NOOSPHERE — [Noun] The theoretical sphere of human consciousness, reason, and collective thought, considered as an evolutionary stage succeeding the biosphere. From French noosphère, from Ancient Greek νόος (nóos, “mind, intellect”) + σφαῖρα (sphaîra, “ball, sphere”), coined in the early 20th century by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and Vladimir Vernadsky. Unlike the "biosphere" (which denotes the totality of living matter) or the "collective unconscious" (which describes inherited, universal psychic structures), the noosphere is the accrued, emergent envelope of human intellect. It is the silent hum of every library and server farm, the phosphorescent web of data encircling the globe at night, and the vast, invisible architecture of shared knowledge—a planet now cloaked in its own thinking, wondering if it will be its salvation or its epitaph.
Etymology
Borrowed from French noosphère, from Ancient Greek νόος (nóos, “mind, spirit”) + Ancient Greek σφαῖρα (sphaîra, “ball, globe”), developed and perhaps coined by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and Vladimir Vernadsky, in analogy to atmosphere, biosphere etc. By surface analysis, nous (“mind”) + -sphere.
noun
- The sphere of human reason, thought, and consciousness, seen as a theoretical evolutionary stage.“I used to have a pretty clear idea of God. Now we have these new theologians who say God’s inside here not up there or he’s an impersonal noosphere and the anthropomorphic image is out. Three unpersons in one anthropomorphic noosphere.”