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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

explanation
thought that makes something comprehensible

noun.cognition

5 Subcategories

rendition, rendering, interpretation, interpreting go
an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious
rationale, principle go
(law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature)
key go
something crucial for explaining
rationalization, rationalisation go
the cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason
theory go
a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world