English > nous: 2 senses > noun 2, cognition| Meaning | That which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason. |
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| Synonyms | mind, head, brain, psyche |
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| Narrower | ego | (psychoanalysis) the conscious mind |
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| noddle | An informal British expression for head / head or mind / mind |
| subconscious mind, subconscious | psychic activity just below the level of awareness |
| tabula rasa | A young mind not yet affected by experience (according to John Locke) |
| unconscious mind, unconscious | That part of the mind wherein psychic activity takes place of which the person is unaware |
| Broader | cognition, knowledge, noesis | The psychological result of perception / perception and learning and reasoning |
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| Spanish | cabeza, cerebro, mente, nous, psique |
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| Catalan | cap, cervell, ment, nous, psique |
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