cognition
English
Etymology
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From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English cognicion, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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”); see know, and compare cognize, cognizance, cognizor, cognosce, connoisseur.
Pronunciation
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Audio (US): (file) - Hyphenation: cog‧ni‧tion
Noun
cognition (countable and uncountable, plural cognitions)
- The process of knowing, of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought and through the senses.
- (countable) A result of a cognitive process.
Derived terms
Related terms
terms related to cognition
Translations
process of knowing
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Further reading
- “cognition”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “cognition”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.