cognitions

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A form of cognition — The process of knowing, of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought and through the senses.

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noun
  1. pluralplural of cognition

    Cognitive dissonance exists when a person possesses two cognitions, one of which is contradictory to the other

    1977, Lawrence S. Wrightsman with Kay Deaux, Social Psychology, page 366
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