SINCE 1828
noncognitive
adjective
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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