Definition of COGNITION

cognition

Meanings

Plural: cognitions

Noun

  • the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
  • The process of knowing, of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought and through the senses.
  • A result of a cognitive process.
  • Knowledge; awareness.

Origin / 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”); see know, and compare cognize, cognizance, cognizor, cognosce, connoisseur.

Synonyms

knowledge, noesis

Scrabble Score: 12

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Words With Friends Score: 16

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