denotation.
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: the mental process of knowing;
perception.
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etymology.
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mid-15c., cognicioun; “ability to comprehend, mental act or process of knowing”
Latin, cognitionem (nominative cognitio);
“inquiry, study, knowledge”
past participle stem, cognoscere; “learn, get to know”
(co-) + gnosco
From *ǵneh₃- (*gno-)+ *-sḱéti., (suffix)
“to recognise”
PIE root *ǵneh₃-; “to know”

COGNITION / COGNICION

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