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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

ideal go
the idea of something that is perfect

value go
an ideal accepted by some individual or group

principle go
a rule or standard especially of good behavior

legal principle, judicial principle, judicial doctrine
(law) a principle underlying the formulation of jurisprudence

noun.cognition

4 Subcategories

jus sanguinis go
the principle that a person's nationality at birth is the same as that of his natural parents
jus soli go
the principle that a person's nationality at birth is determined by the place of birth
preemption, pre-emption go
the judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject
relation, relation back go
(law) the principle that an act done at a later time is deemed by law to have occurred at an earlier time