English > gist: 2 senses > noun 2, cognition| Meaning | The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience. |
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| Example | "the gist of the prosecutor's argument" |
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| Synonyms | kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty |
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| Narrower | bare bones | (plural) the most basic facts or elements |
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| hypostasis | (metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality |
| quiddity, haecceity | The essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other |
| quintessence | The purest and most concentrated essence of something |
| stuff | A critically important or characteristic component |
| Broader | content, cognitive content, mental object | The sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned |
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| Spanish | centro, corazón, enjundia, esencia, médula, meollo, núcleo, quid, sustancia |
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| Catalan | bessó, centre, cor, essència, nucli, quid, substància |
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