cognition

cog·ni·tion

noun \käg-ˈni-shən\

Definition of COGNITION

: cognitive mental processes; also : a product of these processes

— cog·ni·tion·al \-ˈnish-nəl, -ˈni-shə-n^əl\ adjective

Examples of COGNITION

1. disabilities affecting cognition and judgment

Origin of COGNITION

Middle English cognicion, from Anglo-French, from Latin cognition-, cognitio, from cognoscere to become acquainted with, know, from co- + gnoscere to come to know — more at know

First Known Use: 15th century

Other Psychology Terms

fetish, hypochondria, intelligence, mania, narcissism, neurosis, pathological, psychosis, schadenfreude, subliminal

Rhymes with COGNITION

addition, admission, ambition, attrition, audition, beautician, clinician, coition, commission, condition, contrition, demission, dentition, dismission, Domitian, edition, emission, ethician, fruition, ignition, Kittitian, lenition, logician, magician, Mauritian, monition, mortician, munition, musician, nutrition, omission, optician, partition, patrician, perdition, permission, petition, Phoenician, physician, Politian, position, punition, remission, rendition, sedition, submission, suspicion, tactician, technician, tradition, transition, transmission, tuition, volition