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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

psychological feature go
a feature of the mental life of a living organism

cognition, knowledge, noesis go
the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

content, cognitive content, mental object go
the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned

thought, idea go
the content of cognition

conception, concept, construct go
an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances

attribute, property, dimension go
a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished

feature, characteristic go
a prominent attribute or aspect of something

sex characteristic, sexual characteristic, sex character
those characteristics (both anatomical and psychological) that are strongly associated with one sex relative to the other

noun.attribute

3 Subcategories

primary sex characteristic, primary sexual characteristic, primary sex character go
the genetically determined sex characteristics bound up with reproduction (genitals and organs of reproduction)
secondary sex characteristic, secondary sexual characteristic, secondary sex character go
the genetically determined sex characteristics that are not functionally necessary for reproduction (pitch of the voice and body hair and musculature)
virilism go
the development of male secondary sexual characteristics in a female (or prematurely in a young boy)