English > representational process: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition| Meaning | Any basic cognitive process in which some entity comes to stand for or represent something else. |
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| Narrower | anthropomorphism, theanthropism | The representation of objects (especially a god) as having human form or traits |
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| depicting, depiction, portraying, portrayal | A representation by picture or portraiture |
| imagination, imaging, imagery, mental imagery | The ability to form mental images of things or events |
| symbol, symbolization, symbolisation, symbolic representation | Something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible |
| typification, exemplification | A representational or typifying form or model |
| Broader | basic cognitive process | cognitive processes involved in obtaining and storing knowledge |
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| Spanish | proceso de representación |
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