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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

knowledge domain, knowledge base, domain go
the content of a particular field of knowledge

study, discipline, field, subject, subject area, subject field, field of study, bailiwick go
a branch of knowledge

science, scientific discipline go
a particular branch of scientific knowledge

social science go
the branch of science that studies society and the relationships of individual within a society

anthropology go
the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings

archeology, archaeology
the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures

noun.cognition

12 Subcategories

Assyriology go
archeology of the ancient Assyrians
Egyptology go
archeology of ancient Egyptian artifacts
Sumerology go
the archeology of ancient Sumerians
marine archeology, marine archaeology, underwater archeology, underwater archaeology go
the archeology of underwater sites
paleoclimatology, palaeoclimatology go
the study of the climate of past ages
paleogeography, palaeogeography go
the study of the geography of ancient times or ancient epochs
paleography go
the study of ancient forms of writing (and the deciphering of them)
paleopathology, palaeopathology go
the study of disease of former times (as inferred from fossil evidence)
paletiology, palaetiology go
the explanation of past events in terms of scientific causes (as geological causes)
paleology, palaeology go
the study of (especially prehistoric) antiquities
protohistory, protoanthropology go
the study humans prior to the invention of writing
paleoethnography, palaeoethnography go
the ethnography of paleolithic humans