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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

attitude, mental attitude go
a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways

disposition, inclination, tendency go
an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others

partiality, partisanship go
an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives

preconception, bias, prejudice
a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation

noun.cognition

7 Subcategories

taboo, tabu go
a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature
irrational hostility go
extreme prejudice
experimenter bias go
(psychology) bias introduced by an experimenter whose expectations about the outcome of the experiment can be subtly communicated to the participants in the experiment
homophobia go
prejudice against (fear or dislike of) homosexual people and homosexuality
Islamophobia go
prejudice against Muslims
racism go
the prejudice that members of one race are intrinsically superior to members of other races
tendentiousness go
an intentional and controversial bias