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cognition

  • /kɒɡˈnɪʃ.ən/ UK
  • /kɔɡˈnɪʃ.ən/
  • /kɑɡˈnɪʃ.ən/ US, cot caught merger, dialectal
  • /kɒɡˈnɪʃ.ən/ Canada, dialectal
  • /koɡˈnɪʃ.ən/ Australia
  • /kɒɡˈnəʃ.ən/ New Zealand
  • [kɔ̟ɡˈnəʃ.ən] New Zealand

Where it comes from

From Middle English cognicion, cognicioun from Latin cognitiō (“knowledge, perception, a judicial examination, trial”), from cognitus, past participle of cognoscere (“to know”), from co- (“together”) + *gnoscere, older form of noscere (“to know”); see know, and compare cognize, cognizance, cognizor, cognosce, connoisseur.

noun cognitions

  1. countable, uncountable The process of knowing, of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought and through the senses. human cognition
  2. countable A result of a cognitive process.
  3. archaic, countable, uncountable Knowledge; awareness.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: knowledge, cognitive, awareness, understanding, recognition, intelligence, reasoning, comprehension, perception, thought, apprehension, discernment, judgment, insight, consciousness, learning

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Every language

noun process of knowing

Españolcognición
한국어인지 inji
日本語認知 ninchi
中文認知 /认知 rènzhī, 認識 /认识 rènshi
हिन्दीसंज्ञान sañjñān, बोध bodh
Portuguêscognição
Françaisconnaissance
DeutschKognition, Erkenntnis
Italianoconoscenza
Русскийпозна́ние poznánije, восприя́тие vosprijátije
Tiếng Việtnhận thức
עבריתהכרה hakara

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Chicago

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@misc{cognition_2026,
  title = {cognition},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cognition},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}