Cognition Definition
kŏg-nĭshən
cognitions
noun
cognitions
The process of knowing in the broadest sense, including perception, memory, and judgment.
Webster's New World
The result of such a process; perception, conception, etc.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Cognition
Noun
Singular:
cognition
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cognitionsOrigin of Cognition
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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.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English cognicioun from Latin cognitiō cognitiōn- from cognitus past participle of cognōscere to learn co- intensive pref. co– gnōscere to know gnō- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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