Mind & Cognition
Thinking, knowing, remembering, deciding, and mental attention.
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sophistic
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/səˈfɪstɪk/
apparently plausible or clever but actually fallacious or misleading
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dialectician
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/ˌdaɪəˌlɛkˈtɪʃən/
a person skilled in dialectic or in reaching conclusions through structured reasoning and argument
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cognizable
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/ˈkɑːɡnɪzəbəl/
capable of being known, perceived, or recognized
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propositional
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/ˌpɹɑpəˈzɪʃənəl/
relating to propositions, especially statements that can be true or false
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analyzable
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/ˈænəˌlaɪzəbəl/
capable of being examined systematically or separated into constituent parts
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afferent
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/ˈæ.fə.ɹənt/
Carrying towards.
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flightiness
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The tendency to act on sudden whims rather than careful thought.
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psychophysical
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/ˌsaɪkoʊˈfɪzɪkəl/
relating jointly to mental and physical processes or to the relation between mind and body
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unreflective
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/ˌʌn.rɪˈflek.tɪv/
not given to careful thought or self-examination; lacking due reflection
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pollyannaish
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Unreasonably optimistic.
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undoubting
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/ʌnˈdaʊtɪŋ/
feeling or showing no doubt; completely confident or unquestioning
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sophistical
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/səˈfɪs.tɪ.kəl/
apparently clever or plausible but actually fallacious or misleading
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stultifyingly
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In a way that is so dull it numbs the mind.
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unsensuous
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/ʌnˈsɛnʃuəs/
not apprehended through the senses; lacking sensory imagery or sensuous form
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unanalyzed
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/ˌʌnˈænəlaɪzd/
not examined systematically or separated into constituent parts
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prepossess
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/ˌpɹiːpəˈzɛs/
to influence someone's opinion in advance, especially favorably
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nescience
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/ˈnɛʃəns/
absence of knowledge; ignorance
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histrionically
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In an overly dramatic or attention-seeking way.
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conation
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/koʊˈneɪʃən/
the mental faculty or process of willing, striving, or directing effort toward an action
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carminative
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/kɑː(ɹ)ˈmɪnətɪv/
Relieving the discomfort of gas in the digestive tract, either by reducing its production (by the gut microbiota) or by inducing its expulsion (whether as belches [upper GI action] or as flatus [lower GI action]).
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abstractness
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/æbˈstɹæk.nəs/
The quality of being abstract.
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arcanely
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In a mysterious way that few can understand.
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eschatology
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/ˌɛskəˈtɑːlədʒi/
the part of theology concerned with death, judgment, and the final destiny of the soul and humankind
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grok
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/ɡrɒk/
to understand something deeply and intuitively
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omakase
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/ˌoʊməˈkɑseɪ/
a Japanese dining experience in which the chef chooses the dishes
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perspicaciously
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/ˌpɜːrspɪˈkeɪʃəsli/
in a manner showing keen mental perception and understanding
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mnemic
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/ˈniːmɪk/
relating to memory or the persistence of memory traces
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behavioristic
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/bɪˌheɪvjəˈrɪstɪk/
relating to behaviorism or the study of observable behavior
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gaum
C2
/ɡɔm/
in obsolete or regional Northern English, to understand, comprehend, or take notice of
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self-transcendence
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/ˌself.trænˈsen.dəns/
the experience or process of going beyond one's own immediate interests, needs, or perceived limits and identifying with a larger purpose or whole
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imaginability
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/ɪˌmædʒənəˈbɪləti/
the quality of being possible to imagine or form a mental representation of
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inferable
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/ɪnˈfɝəbəl/
capable of being inferred or reached as a conclusion from evidence or premises
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conative
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/ˈkoʊnətɪv/
psychology and philosophy: relating to desire, volition, striving, or action directed toward a goal
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appetition
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/ˌæpəˈtɪʃən/
philosophy and psychology: desire directed toward obtaining or pursuing something
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ekphore
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/ɛkˈfɔr/
in Semon's memory theory, to reactivate or call forth an engram as a memory image
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cogitative
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/ˈkɑdʒəˌteɪtɪv/
capable of, inclined to, or concerned with thought and reflection
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gestaltism
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/ɡəˈʃtæltɪzəm/
a school of psychology that studies how people perceive organized wholes and patterns rather than isolated parts
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