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cognition

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Synonyms of cognition

technical conscious mental activities; the activities of thinking, understanding, learning, and remembering

disabilities affecting cognition and judgment

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for cognition

observation,
perception,
reflection

abstraction,
cogitation,
concept,
conception,
idea,
image,
impression,
intellection,
mind's eye,
notion,
picture,
thought

apprehension,
premonition,
presentiment

preconception,
prejudice,
prepossession

chimera,
delusion,
hallucination,
illusion,
phantasm
(also fantasm)

caprice,
conceit,
fancy,
freak,
kink,
vagary,
whim

assumption,
belief,
conclusion,
conviction

conjecture,
guess,
hunch,
hypothesis,
speculation,
supposition,
surmise,
theory

brainchild,
brainstorm,
brain wave,
inspiration

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“Cognition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cognition. Accessed 11 Aug. 2022.

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The first known use of cognition was in the 15th century

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