NOUN | cognition | lore, traditional knowledge | knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote |
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Sounds | lao'r | |
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Rhymes | abhor ... Zocor: 121 rhymes with aor... |
Meaning | knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote. | |
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Example | "early peoples passed on plant and animal lore through legend" | |
Synonym | traditional knowledge | |
Narrower | folklore | The unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture |
old wives' tale | A bit of lore passed on by word of mouth | |
Broader | content, cognitive content, mental object | The sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned |
Spanish | saber popular | |
Catalan | saber popular, saviesa |
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