Cognitive

Cognitive

1: Adjective
Relating to cognition, which is the mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses.

Example sentence: Cognitive skills are crucial for learning.

Synonyms: Mental intellectual rational

Opposites: Physical non-intellectual

2: Adjective
Pertaining to the mental processes of perception, memory, judgment, and reasoning, as contrasted with emotional and volitional processes.

Example sentence: Cognitive therapy is an effective treatment for depression.

Synonyms: Intellectual rational psychological

Opposites: Emotional instinctive

3: Adjective
Related to the part of mental functions that deals with logic, as opposed to affective which deals with emotions.

Example sentence: Her cognitive development was greatly advanced for her age.

Synonyms: Perceptive reasoning analytical

Opposites: Affective emotional non-reasoning

Fun Fact:


The term “cognitive“ derives from the Latin word “cognoscere“, which means “to get to know“. Cognitive processes use the existing knowledge to generate new knowledge.