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cognoscitive

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[kog-nos-i-tiv] / kɒgˈnɒs ɪ tɪv /

adjective

  1. having the ability to know or discover.

    cognoscitive powers.


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Etymology

Origin of cognoscitive

1630–40; < Latin cognōsc ( ere ) to know, come to know + -itive

Example Sentences

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Prose and poetry—The relation of first and second degree—Inexistence of other cognoscitive forms—Historicity—Identity and difference in respect of art—Historical criticism—Historical scepticism—Philosophy as perfect science.

From Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic by Croce, Benedetto

Man is not simply knowledge and contemplation: he is also will, which contains in it the cognoscitive moment.

From Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic by Croce, Benedetto

But sofas and ottomans, and chairs and footstools, and screens—and above all, beds—all are fixtures in the dwelling of a wise man, cognoscitive and sensitive of the blessings of this life.

From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 by Wilson, John

But feeling is not here understood in either of these two senses, nor in the others in which it has nevertheless been used to designate other cognoscitive forms of spirit.

From Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic by Croce, Benedetto

This power is cognoscitive and non-cognoscitive, moral and indifferent to morality, agreeable and yet detached from the pleasure of the senses.

From Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic by Croce, Benedetto

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