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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

power, ability go
possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done

creativity, creativeness, creative thinking go
the ability to create

imagination, imaginativeness, vision
the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses

noun.cognition

5 Subcategories

imaginary place, mythical place, fictitious place go
a place that exists only in imagination
fancy go
a kind of imagination that was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination
fantasy, phantasy go
imagination unrestricted by reality
dream, dreaming go
imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake
imaginary being, imaginary creature go
a creature of the imagination