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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 go
an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances

possibility, hypothesis, theory
a tentative insight into the natural world

noun.cognition

6 Subcategories

hypothetical go
a hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc.
gemmule go
the physically discrete element that Darwin proposed as responsible for heredity
model, framework, theoretical account go
a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process
conjecture, speculation go
a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence)
assumption, supposition, supposal go
a hypothesis that is taken for granted
historicism go
a theory that social and cultural events are determined by history