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

imaging, imagination, imagery, mental imagery
the ability to form mental images of things or events

noun.cognition

7 Subcategories

mind's eye go
the imaging of remembered or invented scenes
vision go
a vivid mental image
picturing, envisioning go
visual imagery
dream, dreaming go
a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep
chimaera, chimera go
a grotesque product of the imagination
evocation go
imaginative re-creation
pretense, pretence, make-believe go
imaginative intellectual play