terra incognita
English
Etymology
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin: terra, land; incognita, unknown.
Noun
- Land that has never been explored or mapped; uncharted territory.
- By extension, ideas or concepts that have not yet been tried or explored.
- 2009, Gary Clark, Quadrant, November 2009, No. 461 (Volume LIII, Number 11), Quadrant Magazine Limited, page 9:
- The concept of the unconscious or an inner terra incognita, an unknown country of the psyche that precedes and predicates the Cartesian subject, the focal point of rational consciousness, was a revolutionary idea.
- 2009, Gary Clark, Quadrant, November 2009, No. 461 (Volume LIII, Number 11), Quadrant Magazine Limited, page 9:
Related terms
Translations
unknown land
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unexplored ideas
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