cognitive

[kog-ni-tiv]

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adjective

of or relating to cognition; concerned with the act or process of knowing, perceiving, etc. : cognitive development; cognitive functioning.

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

Origin of cognitive

1580–90; < Medieval Latin cognitīvus, equivalent to Latin cognit(us) known (see cognition) + -īvus -ive

Related formscog·ni·tive·ly, adverbcog·ni·tiv·i·ty, nounnon·cog·ni·tive, adjective

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Related Words for noncognitive

emotional, feeling, intuitive, visceral, emotive, noncognitive, perceptual

British Dictionary definitions for noncognitive

cognitive

adjective

of or relating to cognition

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Word Origin and History for noncognitive

cognitive

adv.

1580s, from Latin cognit-, past participle stem of cognoscere (see cognizance) + -ive. Taken over by psychologists and sociologists after c.1940. Related: Cognitively.

noncognitive in Medicine

cognitive

[kŏg′nĭ-tĭv]

adj.

Of, characterized by, involving, or relating to cognition.

Having a basis in or reducible to empirical factual knowledge.