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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

process, operation, cognitive process, mental process, cognitive operation go
(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity

basic cognitive process go
cognitive processes involved in obtaining and storing knowledge

representational process
any basic cognitive process in which some entity comes to stand for or represent something else

noun.cognition

5 Subcategories

symbolization, symbolisation, symbol, symbolic representation go
something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible
typification, exemplification go
a representational or typifying form or model
portrayal, depiction, depicting, portraying go
a representation by picture or portraiture
anthropomorphism, theanthropism go
the representation of objects (especially a god) as having human form or traits
imaging, imagination, imagery, mental imagery go
the ability to form mental images of things or events