cognitive English · revision 7875

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1586|origins=la cognosco}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈkɒɡ.nɪ.tɪv/ ''(UK)''; /ˈkɑɡ.nɪ.tɪv/, /ˈkɒɡ.nɪ.tɪv/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from Medieval Latin [[m|la-med|cognitivus]],^(NODE 1998) or formed from cognition and -ive,^(MWU 2024) from Latin cognit-, the past participle stem of [[m|la|cognosco|alt=cognōscere|t=to get to know, recognize]],^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998) from com-, together, and gnōscere, to know, from PIE [[ine-pro|*ǵneh₃-|alt=*gno-|t=to know]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Of or pertaining to cognition: 1586 in the OED and MWU, the 1580s in Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Psychologists and sociologists took the word over from about 1940.^(Etymonline) ''Cognitive dissonance'', the distress of holding contradictory beliefs, apparently coined by the American social psychologist Leon Festinger, is from 1957.^(Etymonline) ''Cognitive science'' is from 1975 and ''cognitive scientist'' from 1980.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1586 – of cognition.^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1940 – in psychology.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1957 – cognitive dissonance.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1975 – cognitive science.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of or relating to [[cognition]], the mental processes of knowing, thinking and perceiving.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Based on or reducible to factual [[knowledge]].^(AHD)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[cognitively]]

+ * [[cognitivity]]

+ * [[noncognitive]]

+ * [[cognitive dissonance]]

+ * [[cognitive psychology]]

+ * [[cognitive science]]

+ * [[cognitive therapy]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[cognate]]

+ * [[cognition]]

+ * [[cognizable]]

+ * [[cognizant]]

+ * [[recognize]]

+ * [[know]]

+ * [[incognito]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}