Cognitive

Definition: Cognitive

Cognitive

Adjective

1. Of or being or relating to or involving cognition; "cognitive psychology"; "cognitive style".

Date "cognitive" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1642. (references)

Abbreviations & Acronyms: Cognitive

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
COACH	English	Cognitive Adaptive Computer Help	Computing
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms within Context: Cognitive

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Insanity	Noun: disordered reason, disordered intellect; diseased mind, unsound mind, abnormal mind; derangement, unsoundness; psychosis; neurosis; cognitive disorder; affective disorder.
Intellect	Noun: intellect, mind, understanding, reason, thinking principle; rationality; cogitative faculties, cognitive faculties, discursive faculties, reasoning faculties, intellectual faculties; faculties, senses, consciousness, observation, percipience, intelligence, intellection, intuition, association of ideas, instinct, conception, judgment, wits, parts, capacity, intellectuality, genius; brains, cognitive powers, intellectual powers; wit; ability; (skill); wisdom; Vernunft, Verstand.
Knowledge	Adjective: knowing; Verb: cognitive; acroamatic.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Cognitive

English words defined with "cognitive": acculturation, acquisition, act, affect, apprehension, assimilation ♦ basic cognitive process, belief, believing ♦ categorisation, categorization, classification, cognitive operation, cognitive process, cognitive science, cognitive scientist, cognitive state, consciousness ♦ deciding, decision making, deictic, deictic word, developmental learning, discernment, discrimination ♦ establishment ♦ faculty ♦ Herb Simon, Herbert A. Simon, Herbert Aleddxander Simon, higher cognitive process ♦ impress, influence ♦ Jean Piaget, judgement, judging, judgment ♦ language, learning, leucotomy, leukotomy, linguistic process, lobotomy ♦ memory, mental faculty, module, move ♦ operation ♦ Piaget, planning, prefrontal leucotomy, prefrontal leukotomy, prefrontal lobotomy, preparation, problem solving, process, provision, psycholinguistics, pursuance, pursuit ♦ quest ♦ rationalisation, rationalization, reading, remembering, representational process, retrieval ♦ savvy, secernment, shake, Simon, sorting, state of mind, strike, supposal, supposition, suspense ♦ understanding, unskillfulness ♦ validation. (references)

Specialty definitions using "cognitive": Acetylmuraminsaeure, AIDS Dementia Complex, AIDS-related dementia, Armament Research Department, Auditory Perceptual Disorders ♦ child development specialist, cognitive architecture, cognitive modeling, cognitive modelling, Cognitive rehearsal, Cognitive Therapy, Communication Disorders, Concept Formation ♦ Delirium, Dementia, Amnestic, Cognitive Disorders, development disability specialist ♦ Evoked Potentials ♦ HIV dementia syndrome, HIV encephalopathy, HIV-associated dementia ♦ image interpretation, image understanding, infant educator ♦ klone, KL-ONE, KRL ♦ Learning Disorders ♦ mental load, metacognition, Mice, Inbred MRL lpr ♦ Neuropil Threads, Nicergoline, Nootropic Agents ♦ parent trainer, Perceptual Disorders, POPLOG, PSYCHOLOGIST, EXPERIMENTAL, Psychomotor Disorders, Psychomotor Performance ♦ scene analysis, scene understanding, Stress management ♦ TEACHER, HOME THERAPY ♦ virus dell'immunodeficienza umana di tipo 1 sottotipo O, virus dell'immunodeficienza umana O. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Cognitive

Domain	Title
Books	Cognitive Therapy (reference) Cognitive Therapy of Depression (reference) Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Cahiers De Psychologie Cognitive (reference) Cognitive Behavioural Social Work Group Membership (reference) Cognitive Linguistics (reference) Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting Astract Program (reference) Cognitive Science (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Cognitive Therapy for Depression (reference) Solving Care Problems in HIV: Coping with Cognitive Issues (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Cognitive

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Behavioral and cognitive symptoms. (references)
		More reliable cognitive markers are urgently needed. (references)
		The cognitive consequences of TBI are similarly broad. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Cognitive

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Trisha Meili	You know, seeing myself have difficulty with things, primarily on the cognitive side. The physical side I was not able to accept and say, all right, so what, you know, I have a little bit of problem walking down stairs, and it's OK, I can deal with it.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Cognitive

"Cognitive" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 98.67% of the time. "Cognitive" is used about 1,200 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	98.67%	1,184	6,525
Noun (proper)	1.25%	15	90,616
Noun (common)	0.08%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	1,200	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Cognitive

Expressions using "cognitive": basic cognitive process ♦ cognitive architecture ♦ Cognitive behavior therapy ♦ cognitive behavioural therapy ♦ cognitive content ♦ cognitive disorder ♦ Cognitive Dissonance ♦ cognitive ergonomics ♦ cognitive factor ♦ Cognitive impairment ♦ cognitive modeling ♦ cognitive modelling ♦ cognitive operation ♦ cognitive process ♦ cognitive psychology ♦ Cognitive rehearsal ♦ Cognitive restructuring ♦ cognitive science ♦ cognitive scientist ♦ cognitive state ♦ Cognitive Therapy ♦ higher cognitive process. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "cognitive": cognitive-academic, cognitive-affective, cognitive-based, Cognitive-behaviour, cognitive-behavioural, cognitive-epistemic, cognitive-instrumental, cognitive-modeling, cognitive-practical, cognitive-practice.
	Ending with "cognitive": non-cognitive.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Cognitive

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
cognitive therapy	249	approach behavioral chemical cognitive dependency prevention relapse	21
cognitive	189	cognitive thinking	21
cognitive behavioral therapy	166	cognitive skill	21
cognitive development	124	cognitive coaching	20
cognitive psychology	113	cognitive solution	20
cognitive behavior therapy	109	piaget cognitive development	19
cognitive dissonance	93	cognitive child development	18
cognitive event potential related	84	cognitive behavioral	17
cognitive distortion	75	cognitive impairment	17
cognitive science	69	cognitive behavioral theory	17
cognitive theory	45	cognitive neuroscience	17
cognitive social theory	40	mild cognitive impairment	15
cognitive learning	39	cognitive disability	15
cognitive learning theory	33	cognitive function	15
cognitive ability test	31	cognitive concept	14
cognitive behavioural therapy	31	cognitive skill test	14
piagets theory of cognitive development	30	cognitive development theory	13
cognitive disorder	24	piagets stage of cognitive development	13
cognitive restructuring	23	cognitive therapy of depression	13
cognitive behavior	22	cognitive test	12
		cognitive perspective	12
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Cognitive

Language		Translations for "cognitive"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		njohës (connoisseur, expert, exploring, fancier, judge). (various references)

Arabic		‏مقرب. (various references)

Bulgarian		познавателен. (various references)

Chinese		认知 (Cognition, Cognizant). (various references)

Czech		poznávací. (various references)

Danish		cognitiv, kognitiv. (various references)

Dutch		cognitief. (various references)

Finnish		sukupuolierot kognitiivisissa taidoissa (sex difference in cognitive patterns), kognitiivisen toiminnan fysiologinen perusta (physiological basis for cognitive patterns), kognitiivinen tiede (cognition science, cognitive science), kognitiivinen suoritus (cognitive performance), kognitiivinen psykologia (cognitive psychology), kognitiivinen oppimisterapia (cognitive therapy), kognitiivinen mallinnus (cognitive modeling, cognitive modelling), kognitiivinen kartta (cognitive map), kognitiivinen käyttäytymisterapia (cognitive therapy), kognitiivinen häiriö (cognitive defect), kognitiivinen ergonomia (cognitive ergonomics). (various references)

French		cognitif. (various references)

German		kognitiv, erkennend (discerning, recognizing). (various references)

Greek		αντιληπτός, αντίληπτφσ. (various references)

Hungarian		megismerő. (various references)

Italian		conoscitivo. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		認知科学 (cognitive science), 認知心理学 (cognitive psychology). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		に�"ちし�"りがく (cognitive psychology), に�"ちかがく (cognitive science). (various references)

Korean		인식 (Recognizing). (various references)

Pig Latin		ognitivecay

Portuguese		cognitivo. (various references)

Russian		познавательный. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		spoznajan (perceive). (various references)

Spanish		cognitivo. (various references)

Swedish		kognitiv. (various references)

Thai		เกี่ยวกับกระบวนการการรับรู้, ที่เกี่ยวกับกระบวนการคิ�". (various references)

Turkish		kavrama ile ilgili, idrak ile ilgili. (various references)

Ukrainian		пізнавальний (knowing). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Cognitive

Derivations
	Words beginning with "cognitive": cognitively. (additional references)
	Words ending with "cognitive": noncognitive, precognitive. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Cognitive" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: coginitive, cognative, cognetive, cogniive, cognitave, cognitiv, cognitve, cogntive, congitive, congnitive, conitive, cpgnitive, ognitive. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Cognitive"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "cognitive" (pronounced kÄ"gnutiv)
5	-n u t i v	alternative, definitive, imaginative, infinitive, punitive, unimaginative.
4	-u t i v	accusative, acquisitive, additive, affirmative, alliterative, anticompetitive, argumentative, causative, commemorative, communicative, comparative, competitive, consecutive, conservative, consultative, contemplative, cumulative, curative, decorative, degenerative, demonstrative, derivative, diminutive, dispositive, duplicative, evocative, executive, expletive, exploitative, Federative, figurative, fixative, formative, fugitive, generative, hypersensitive, illustrative, imperative, indicative, informative, initiative, inoperative, inquisitive, insensitive, interpretive, intuitive, laxative, lucrative, narrative, negative, neoconservative, noncompetitive, noncumulative, nonexecutive, normative, nutritive, operative, palliative, participative, pejorative, positive, prerogative, preservative, preventative, primitive, prohibitive, provocative, putative, recuperative, relative, remunerative, rep, repetitive, representative, restorative, secretive, sedative, sensitive, speculative, superlative, talkative, tentative, ultraconservative, uncompetitive, uncooperative, uninformative, unrepresentative, vituperative.
3	-t i v	abortive, accommodative, accumulative, active, adaptive, addictive, adjective, administrative, adoptive, affective, appointive, appreciative, assaultive, assertive, attentive, attractive, authoritative, automotive, captive, collaborative, collective, combative, conductive, congestive, connective, constructive, contraceptive, cooperative, corrective, corruptive, counterproductive, creative, deceptive, defective, deliberative, descriptive, destructive, detective, digestive, dilutive, directive, disincentive, disparages, disruptive, dissipative, distinctive, distributive, effective, elective, elucidative, eruptive, exhaustive, exploitive, facultative, festive, furtive, hyperactive, imitative, inactive, inattentive, incentive, ineffective, infective, injunctive, innovative, instinctive, instructive, interactive, introspective, invective, inventive, investigative, irrespective, iterative, legislative, locomotive, manipulative, meditative, motive, native, nonautomotive, nonnative, nonproductive, objective, obstructive, octave, overactive, perceptive, perspective, photoconductive, plaintive, predictive, preemptive, presumptive, preventive, proactive, probative, productive, prognosticative, projective, prospective, protective, qualitative, quantitative, radioactive, reactive, receptive, reconstructive, redemptive, redistributive, reflective, refractive, regulative, rehabilitative, reproductive, respective, restive, restrictive, retroactive, retrospective, seductive, selective, stimulative, subjective, substantive, suggestive, superconductive, supportive, unattractive, unproductive, unreceptive, vegetative, vindictive.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Cognitive

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-e-g-i-i-n-o-t-v"
	-1 letter: coveting, evicting, eviction.
	-2 letters: eviting, invoice, vetoing, voicing.
	-3 letters: citing, cogent, coigne, congii, coting, coving, ignite, incite, invite, noetic, notice, novice, tieing, toeing, vicing, voting.
	-4 letters: cento, civet, civie, coign, conge, conte, coven, covet, covin, envoi, evict, genic, genii, given, icing, incog, ingot, ionic, ogive, ontic, ovine, tigon, tinge, tonic, vinic, vogie, voice.
	-5 letters: cent.
	Words containing the letters "c-e-g-i-i-n-o-t-v"
	+2 letters: cognitively, coinventing.
	+3 letters: equivocating, gingivectomy, noncognitive, outachieving, overexciting, precognitive, reconvicting, vociferating.
	+4 letters: configurative, overdirecting, vasectomizing.
	+5 letters: coinvestigator, collectivising, collectivizing, conservatizing, countervailing, gingivectomies, overcautioning, overcommitting, overmedicating.
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