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Percept

That which is perceived.

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Figure 76% connected

The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance.

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Ground 76% connected

of Grind

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Representation 76% connected

The act of representing, in any sense of the verb.

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form 70% connected

A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.

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Pattern 70% connected

Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine.

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Shape 70% connected

To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to.

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Perception 92% connected

The act of perceiving; cognizance by the senses or intellect; apperhension by the bodily organs, or by the mind, of what is presented to them; discer…

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Cognition noun · 86% connection

the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

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Cognitive content noun · 86% connection

the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned

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Cognitive factor noun · 86% connection

something immaterial (as a circumstance or influence) that contributes to producing a result

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Cognitive operation noun · 86% connection

(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking…

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Cognitive process noun · 86% connection

(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking…

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Condensation noun · 86% connection

(psychoanalysis) an unconscious process whereby two ideas or images combine into a single symbol; especially in dreams

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Deciding noun · 86% connection

the cognitive process of reaching a decision; "a good executive must be good at decision making"

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Ego noun · 86% connection

(psychoanalysis) the conscious mind

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Episteme noun · 86% connection

the body of ideas that determine the knowledge that is intellectually certain at any particular time

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General knowledge noun · 86% connection

knowledge that is available to anyone

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Invalidation noun · 86% connection

when a person's thoughts and feelings are rejected, ignored, or judged.; "Invalidation is emotionally upsetting for anyone, but partic…

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Knowledge noun · 86% connection

the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

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Lexis noun · 86% connection

all of the words in a language; all word forms having meaning or grammatical function

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Mental attitude noun · 86% connection

a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways; "he had the attitude that wo…

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Mental lexicon noun · 86% connection

a language user's knowledge of words

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Mental object noun · 86% connection

the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned

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Mental process noun · 86% connection

(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking…

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Noesis noun · 86% connection

the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

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Brightness constancy noun · 78% connection

the tendency for a visual object to be perceived as having the same brightness under widely different conditions of illumination

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Brush verb · 78% connection

To move nimbly in haste; to move so lightly as scarcely to be perceived; as, to brush by.

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Content noun · 78% connection

the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned

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Disappear verb · 78% connection

To cease to appear or to be perceived; to pass from view, gradually or suddenly; to vanish; to be no longer seen; as, darkness disappe…

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Discover verb · 78% connection

To obtain for the first time sight or knowledge of, as of a thing existing already, but not perceived or known; to find; to ascertain;…

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Discoverable adjective · 78% connection

Capable of being discovered, found out, or perceived; as, many minute animals are discoverable only by the help of the microscope; tru…

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Effluvium adjective · 78% connection

Subtile or invisible emanation; exhalation perceived by the sense of smell; especially, noisome or noxious exhalation; as, the effluvi…

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Fancy noun · 78% connection

The faculty by which the mind forms an image or a representation of anything perceived before; the power of combining and modifying su…

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Finedraw verb · 78% connection

To sew up, so nicely that the seam is not perceived; to renter.

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Hearing noun · 78% connection

The act or power of perceiving sound; perception of sound; the faculty or sense by which sound is perceived; as, my hearing is good.

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Imagination noun · 78% connection

The imagine-making power of the mind; the power to create or reproduce ideally an object of sense previously perceived; the power to c…

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Immediate adjective · 78% connection

Acting with nothing interposed or between, or without the intervention of another object as a cause, means, or agency; acting, perceiv…

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Impalpable adjective · 78% connection

Not palpable; that cannot be felt; extremely fine, so that no grit can be perceived by touch.

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