Definition: Cognition
Etymology
From Middle English cognicion, from Latin cognitio (knowledge, perception, a judicial examination, trial), from cognitus, past participle of cognoscere (to know), from co- (together) + *gnoscere, older form of noscere (to know).
Noun
cognition (countable and uncountable, plural cognitions)
- The process of knowing, of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought and through the senses.
- A result of a cognitive process.
Derived terms
- cognite
- cognitologist
- cognitology
- hypocognition
- implicit cognition
- metacognition
- precognition
- recognition
Related terms
- cognitive
- cognometrics
- cognizant
- recognize
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