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noun
Cognition, the functioning of intellect.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
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noun
The exercise of reason.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Greek, countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
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noun
The consciousness component of noetics, which concerns the duality of noesis and noema.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: metaphysics
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noun
the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: cognition, knowledge
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: psychological feature
Narrower terms: mind, head, brain, psyche, nous, place, public knowledge, general knowledge, episteme, ability, power, inability, lexis, vocabulary, lexicon, mental lexicon, practice, cognitive factor, equivalent, process, cognitive process, mental process, operation, cognitive operation, unconscious process, perception, structure, content, cognitive content, mental object, information, history, attitude, mental attitude
History
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek νόησις (nóēsis, “concept”, “idea”, “intelligence”, “understanding”), from νοεῖν (noeîn, “to intend”, “to perceive”, “to see”, “to understand”) (from νοῦς (noûs, “mind”, “thought”), from νόος (nóos)) + -σις (-sis), suffix forming nouns of action.
