cognition
UK /kɒɡˈnɪʃ.ən/ · US /kɑɡˈnɪʃ.ən/ noun
Forms cognitions
- noun The process of knowing, of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought and through the senses. “human cognition”
- noun (countable) A result of a cognitive process.
- noun (archaic) Knowledge; awareness.
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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.
Webster’s 1913
- noun The act of knowing; knowledge; perception.
- noun That which is known.
Etymology [L. cognitio, fr. cognoscere, cognitum, to become acquainted with, to know; co- + noscere, gnoscere, to get a knowledge of. See Know, v. t.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “cognition”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details