NOUN | cognition | traditional knowledge, lore | knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote |
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Meaning | knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote. | |
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Synonym | lore | |
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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