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non·cog·ni·tive | \ ˌnän-ˈkäg-nə-tiv 
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\Definition of noncognitive
: not cognitive: such as
a : not relating to or based on conscious intellectual activity
noncognitive skills agitation, mood swings, and other noncognitive symptoms
b : not based on or capable of being reduced to empirical factual knowledge
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