cognitive
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nɪ adjective
1.
of or pertaining to the act or process of knowing, perceiving, remembering, etc.; of or relating to cognition: cognitive development; cognitive functioning.
2.
of or pertaining to the mental processes of perception, memory, judgment, and reasoning, as contrasted with emotional and volitional processes.
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| of or relating to cognition | |
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Word Origin & History
cognitive
1580s, from L. cognit-, pp. stem of cognoscere (see cognizance). Taken over by psychologists and sociologists after c.1940. Related: Cognitively (1880).
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Medical Dictionary
cognitive cog·ni·tive (kŏg'nĭ-tĭv)
adj.
Of, characterized by, involving, or relating to cognition.
Having a basis in or reducible to empirical factual knowledge.
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Example sentences
People don't live this kind of cognitive dissonance.
But they are also human, and thus subject to all sorts of cognitive biases which can muddy their judgment.
Other scientists are garnering evidence for the anecdotal claims that fish oils improve cognitive functioning.
At a higher cognitive level, you might be comparing what you read with your own experiences.
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