English > heart and soul: 2 senses > noun 1, cognitionMeaning | The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience. |
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Example | "the heart and soul of the Republican Party" |
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Synonyms | kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, 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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