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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

higher cognitive process go
cognitive processes that presuppose the availability of knowledge and put it to use

thinking, thought, thought process, cerebration, intellection, mentation go
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully

consideration go
the process of giving careful thought to something

rumination, contemplation, thoughtfulness, reflection, reflexion, musing
a calm, lengthy, intent consideration

noun.cognition

5 Subcategories

study, cogitation go
attentive consideration and meditation
meditation, speculation go
continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature
meditation go
(religion) contemplation of spiritual matters (usually on religious or philosophical subjects)
introspection, self-contemplation, self-examination go
the contemplation of your own thoughts and desires and conduct
retrospect go
contemplation of things past