cog·ni·tion (k g-n sh  n)n. 1. The mental process of knowing, including aspects such as awareness, perception, reasoning, and judgment. 2. That which comes to be known, as through perception, reasoning, or intuition; knowledge. [Middle English cognicioun, from Latin cogniti  , cognitin-, from cognitus, past participle of cognscere, to learn : co-, intensive pref.; see co- + gnscere, to know; see gn- in Indo-European roots.]cog·ni tion·al adj. |
cognition [kɒgˈnɪʃən]
n
1. (Psychology) the mental act or process by which knowledge is acquired, including perception, intuition, and reasoning
2. the knowledge that results from such an act or process
[from Latin cognitiō, from cognōscere from co- (intensive) + nōscere to learn; see know]
cognitional adj
| cognition (kg-nshn) The mental process of knowing, including awareness, perception, reasoning, and judgment. |
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| Noun | 1. |  cognition - the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoningpsychological feature - a feature of the mental life of a living organism mind, psyche, nous, brain, head - that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason; "his mind wandered"; "I couldn't get his words out of my head" place - an abstract mental location; "he has a special place in my thoughts"; "a place in my heart"; "a political system with no place for the less prominent groups" general knowledge, public knowledge - knowledge that is available to anyone episteme - the body of ideas that determine the knowledge that is intellectually certain at any particular time ability, power - possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done; "danger heightened his powers of discrimination" inability - lack of ability (especially mental ability) to do something lexis - all of the words in a language; all word forms having meaning or grammatical function practice - knowledge of how something is usually done; "it is not the local practice to wear shorts to dinner" cognitive factor - something immaterial (as a circumstance or influence) that contributes to producing a result equivalent - a person or thing equal to another in value or measure or force or effect or significance etc; "send two dollars or the equivalent in stamps" cognitive operation, cognitive process, mental process, process, operation - (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking"; "the cognitive operation of remembering" unconscious process, process - a mental process that you are not directly aware of; "the process of denial" perception - knowledge gained by perceiving; "a man admired for the depth of his perception" structure - the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations; "his lectures have no structure" cognitive content, mental object, content - the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned information - knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction history - all that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing; a body of knowledge; "the dawn of recorded history"; "from the beginning of history" attitude, mental attitude - a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways; "he had the attitude that work was fun" |
cognition
noun (Formal) perception, reasoning, understanding, intelligence, awareness, insight, comprehension, apprehension, discernment processes of perception and cognition
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