- cognitive
- cognitive 1580s, from L. cognit-, pp. stem of cognoscere (see COGNIZANCE (Cf. cognizance)). Taken over by psychologists and sociologists after c.1940. Related: Cognitively.
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cognitive — cognitively, adv. cognitivity, n. /kog ni tiv/, adj. 1. of or pertaining to cognition. 2. of or pertaining to the mental processes of perception, memory, judgment, and reasoning, as contrasted with emotional and volitional processes. [1580 90; … Universalium
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