cognition
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Definition of cognition
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
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(countable, uncountable)The process of knowing, of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought and through the senses.
“human cognition”
“social cognition”
“cognition research”
“Children develop cognition rapidly in their early years.”
“The study focused on animal cognition.”
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noun
-
(countable, uncountable)The process of knowing, of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought and through the senses.
“human cognition”
“social cognition”
“cognition research”
“Children develop cognition rapidly in their early years.”
“The study focused on animal cognition.”
- (countable)A result of a cognitive process.
- (archaic, countable, uncountable)Knowledge; awareness.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English cognicion, cognicioun from Latin cognitiō (“knowledge, perception, a judicial examination, trial”), from cognitus, past participle of cognoscere (“to know”), from co- (“together”) + *gnoscere, older form of noscere (“to know”); see know, and compare cognize, cognizance, cognizor, cognosce, connoisseur.
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