a determining or causal element or factor; "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life"
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a point or fact or remark that settles something conclusively
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Academic vocabulary, Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Psychology.(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking…
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Psychology.an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Academic vocabulary, Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Psychology.an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Academic vocabulary, Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Psychology.an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Academic vocabulary, Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Psychology.a determining or causal element or factor; "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life"
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Academic vocabulary, Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Psychology.a determining or causal element or factor; "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life"
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Academic vocabulary, Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Psychology.a determining or causal element or factor; "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life"
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Academic vocabulary, Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Psychology.a determining or causal element or factor; "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life"
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Academic vocabulary, Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Psychology.any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Academic vocabulary, Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Psychology.your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compellin…
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Academic vocabulary, Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Psychology.any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Academic vocabulary, Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Psychology.your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compellin…
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Academic vocabulary, Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Psychology.a cognitive factor that tends to have an effect on what you do; "her wishes had a great influence on his thinking"
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Academic vocabulary, Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Psychology.the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination; "we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distingu…
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Academic vocabulary, Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Psychology.some situation or event that is thought about; "he kept drifting off the topic"; "he had been thinking about the subject for several y…
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Academic vocabulary, Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Psychology.evidence pointing to a possible solution; "the police are following a promising lead"; "the trail led straight to the perpetrator"
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Either of two things or propositions offered to one's choice. Thus when two things offer a choice of one only, the two things are call…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: distributing, things, classes, categories, type.A resemblance of relations; an agreement or likeness between things in some circumstances or effects, when the things are otherwise en…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: distributing, things, classes, categories, type.A prerequisite to a clear understanding of the predicaments and categories, such as definitions of common terms.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: distributing, things, classes, categories, type.To separate and distribute into classes, as things of a like kind, nature, or quality, or which are suited to a like purpose; to class…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: distributing, things, classes, categories, type.the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: distributing, things, classes, categories, type.In hatmaking, the act or process of separating and distributing the fur or hair by means of a bow, to prepare it for felting.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: distributing, things, classes, categories, type.An apparatus for conveying and distributing heat, especially by means of hot water circulating in tubes.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: distributing, things, classes, categories, type.the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: distributing, things, classes, categories, type.a collection of things sharing a common attribute; "there are two classes of detergents"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: distributing, things, classes, categories, type.A group of individuals ranked together as possessing common characteristics; as, the different classes of society; the educated class;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: distributing, things, classes, categories, type.In the manner of classes; according to a regular order of classes or sets.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: distributing, things, classes, categories, type.the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type
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