English Explanatory Dictionary

cognitive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Relating to the part of mental functions that deals with logic, as opposed to affective which deals with emotions.
  2. Intellectual.
  3. Cognate; to be recognized as cognate.
noun
  1. A cognate.

Pronunciation

/ˈkɒɡ.nɪ.tɪv/ /ˈkɑɡ.nɪ.tɪv/ [ˈkɑɡ.nɪ.ɾɪv] en-us-cognitive.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Ajshul-cognitive.wav [ˈkɒɡ.nɪ.ɾɪv] /ˈkɔɡ.nɪ.tɪv/ [ˈkɔɡ.nɪ.ɾɪv] /ˈkɒɡ.nə.təv/ [ˈkɔ̟ɡ.nə.ɾəv]

Word forms

cognitive more cognitive most cognitive cognitives

Etymology

From Medieval Latin cognitīvus, from Latin cognitus, perfect passive participle of cognōscō (“to get to know”) + -īvus (adjective suffix).

Related words

cognate cogniscient cognition cognitional cognizable cognizant recognitive affective motor

Derived words

acognitive amnestic mild cognitive impairment anticognitive Beck's cognitive triad biocognitive cerebellar cognitive affective syndrome cognitariat cognitive behavioral therapist cognitive behavioral therapy cognitive behavioural therapist cognitive behavioural therapy cognitive bias cognitive control cognitive disability cognitive dissonance cognitive distortion cognitive dysfunction syndrome cognitive estrangement cognitive linguistics cognitive load cognitively cognitive overload cognitive parallax cognitive poetics cognitive psychology cognitive relativism cognitive reserve cognitive science cognitive therapy cognitive warfare cognitivism cognitivist dyscognitive hypercognitive metacognitive metacognitively neurocognitive neurocognitively noncognitive normocognitive pancognitivism pancognitivist physiocognitive precognitive precognitively procognitive psychocognitive retrocognitive sociocognitive sociocognitively subcognitive trauma focused cognitive behavioral therapy trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy trauma focused cognitive behavioural therapy ultracognitive visuocognitive
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