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cog⋅ni⋅tive

[kog-ni-tiv]
–adjective
1. of or pertaining to cognition.
2. of or pertaining to the mental processes of perception, memory, judgment, and reasoning, as contrasted with emotional and volitional processes.

Origin:
1580–90; < ML cognitīvus, equiv. to L cognit(us) known (see cognition ) + -īvus -ive


cog⋅ni⋅tive⋅ly, adverb
cog⋅ni⋅tiv⋅i⋅ty, noun
cog·ni·tive   (kŏg'nĭ-tĭv)   
adj.  
  1. Of, characterized by, involving, or relating to cognition: "Thinking in terms of dualisms is common in our cognitive culture" (Key Reporter).
  2. Having a basis in or reducible to empirical factual knowledge.
cog'ni·tive·ly adv.

Cognitive

Cog"ni*tive\, a. Knowing, or apprehending by the understanding; as, cognitive power. --South.

Main Entry: cog·ni·tive
Pronunciation: 'käg-n&t-iv
Function: adjective
: of, relating to, or being conscious intellectual activity (asthinking, reasoning, remembering, imagining, or learning words) cognitive elements of perception —C. H. Hamburg> —cog·ni·tive·ly adverb

cognitive cog·ni·tive (kŏg'nĭ-tĭv)
adj.

  1. Of, characterized by, involving, or relating to cognition.
  2. Having a basis in or reducible to empirical factual knowledge.

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