Topic Navigator

Noun Tree | Nouns Groups | Verb Groups | Search

Parent Categories

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 go
a tentative insight into the natural world

assumption, supposition, supposal
a hypothesis that is taken for granted

noun.cognition

4 Subcategories

conclusion go
an intuitive assumption
foundation, groundwork, base, cornerstone, fundament, basis go
the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
presumption, precondition, given go
an assumption that is taken for granted
basic assumption, constatation, self-evident truth go
an assumption that is basic to an argument