'Cognition' definitions:

Definition of 'cognition'

(from WordNet)
noun
The psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning [syn: cognition, knowledge, noesis]

Definition of 'Cognition'

From: GCIDE
  • Cognition \Cog*ni"tion\, n. [L. cognitio, fr. cognoscere, cognitum, to become acquainted with, to know; co- + noscere, gnoscere, to get a knowledge of. See Know, v. t.]
  • 1. The act of knowing; knowledge; perception. [1913 Webster]
  • I will not be myself nor have cognation Of what I feel: I am all patience. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. That which is known. [1913 Webster]

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