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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

unorthodoxy, heresy
a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion

noun.cognition

11 Subcategories

Arianism go
heretical doctrine taught by Arius that asserted the radical primacy of the Father over the Son
Marcionism go
the Christian heresy of the 2nd and 3rd centuries that rejected the Old Testament and denied the incarnation of God in Jesus as a human
Monophysitism go
a Christian heresy of the 5th and 6th centuries that challenged the orthodox definition of the two natures (human and divine) in Jesus and instead believed there was a single divine nature
Monothelitism go
the theological doctrine that Christ had only one will even though he had two natures (human and divine)
Nestorianism go
the theological doctrine (named after Nestorius) that Christ is both the son of God and the man Jesus (which is opposed to Roman Catholic doctrine that Christ is fully God)
Pelagianism go
the theological doctrine put forward by Pelagius which denied original sin and affirmed the ability of humans to be righteous
Docetism go
the heretical doctrine (associated with the Gnostics) that Jesus had no human body and his sufferings and death on the cross were apparent rather than real
Gnosticism go
a religious orientation advocating gnosis as the way to release a person's spiritual element
tritheism go
(Christianity) the heretical belief that the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit are three separate gods
Albigensianism, Catharism go
a Christian movement considered to be a medieval descendant of Manichaeism in southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries
Zurvanism go
a heretical Zoroastrian doctrine holding that Zurvan was the ultimate source of the universe and that both Ahura Mazda and Ahriman were Zurvan's offspring