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cognitive

[kog-ni-tiv]

adjective

  1. of or relating to cognition; concerned with the act or process of knowing, perceiving, etc. .

    cognitive development;

    cognitive functioning.

  2. of or relating to the mental processes of perception, memory, judgment, and reasoning, as contrasted with emotional and volitional processes.



ˈDzԾپ

/ ˈɒɡɪɪ /

adjective

  1. of or relating to cognition

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Other Word Forms

  • cognitively adverb
  • cognitivity noun
  • noncognitive adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cognitive1

First recorded in 1580–90; from Medieval Latin DzԾīܲ, equivalent to Latin cognit(us) “learned, known” ( cognition ) + -īܲ -ive
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Abuse of the drug can also lead to cognitive problems and permanent bladder damage.

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As a review published in March concluded: “Although laboratory studies have demonstrated that cognitive offloading has benefits for task performance, it is not without costs.”

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“I think she enjoys the cognitive challenge and the opportunity to sort of master something and then practice that mastery,” he said.

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Sessions of cognitive behavioural therapy are then offered if self-help treatment is found to not be enough.

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However, what we've seen recently with his foray into government is a good example of the Dunning-Kruger effect: a cognitive bias in which people with limited competence in a particular domain overestimate their general abilities.

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