English > cognitive state: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition| Meaning | The state of a person's cognitive processes. |
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| Synonym | state of mind |
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| Narrower | amnesia, memory loss, blackout | partial or total loss of memory |
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| certainty | The state of being certain |
| confusion, mental confusion, confusedness, muddiness, disarray | A mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior |
| consciousness | An alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation |
| curiosity, wonder | A state in which you want to learn more about something |
| doubt, uncertainty, incertitude, dubiety, doubtfulness, dubiousness | The state of being unsure of something |
| interestedness | The state of being interested |
| inwardness | preoccupation especially with one's attitudes and ethical or ideological values |
| ivory tower | A state of mind that is discussed as if it were a place |
| morbidity, morbidness | An abnormally gloomy or unhealthy state of mind |
| outwardness | Concern with outward things or material objects as opposed to the mind and spirit |
| paramnesia | (psychiatry) a disorder of memory in which dreams or fantasies are confused with reality |
| preoccupation, preoccupancy, absorption, engrossment | The mental state of being preoccupied by something |
| set, readiness | (psychology) being temporarily ready to respond in a particular way |
| subconsciousness | A state of mind not immediately / immediately available to consciousness |
| unconsciousness | A state lacking normal awareness of the self or environment |
| Broader | psychological state, psychological condition, mental state, mental condition | (psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic |
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| Spanish | estado de ánimo |
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| Catalan | estat d'ànim |
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