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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

content, cognitive content, mental object go
the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned

thought, idea go
the content of cognition

conception, concept, construct
an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances

noun.cognition

15 Subcategories

conceptualization, conceptualisation, conceptuality go
an elaborated concept
notion go
a general inclusive concept
category go
a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme
regulation, rule go
a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior
attribute, property, dimension go
a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished
abstraction, abstract go
a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance
quantity go
the concept that something has a magnitude and can be represented in mathematical expressions by a constant or a variable
division, section, part go
one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole
whole go
all of something including all its component elements or parts
law, natural law go
a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society
law, law of nature go
a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature
lexicalized concept go
a concept that is expressed by a word (in some particular language)
possibility, hypothesis, theory go
a tentative insight into the natural world
fact go
a concept whose truth can be proved
rule, linguistic rule go
(linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice