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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

module, faculty, mental faculty go
one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind

sentience, sense, sensation, sentiency, sensory faculty go
the faculty through which the external world is apprehended

sensitivity, sensitiveness, sensibility go
(physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli

exteroception
sensitivity to stimuli originating outside of the body

noun.cognition

5 Subcategories

sight, vision, visual sense, visual modality go
the ability to see
touch, sense of touch, skin senses, touch modality, cutaneous senses go
the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands)
audition, hearing, auditory sense, sense of hearing, auditory modality go
the ability to hear
taste, gustation, sense of taste, gustatory modality go
the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth
smell, sense of smell, olfaction, olfactory modality go
the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents