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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

substance, center, centre, core, heart, essence, sum, inwardness, marrow, kernel, gist, heart and soul, meat, nub, pith, nitty-gritty
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

noun.cognition

5 Subcategories

bare bones go
(plural) the most basic facts or elements
hypostasis go
(metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality
quiddity, haecceity go
the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other
quintessence go
the purest and most concentrated essence of something
stuff go
a critically important or characteristic component