cognitions

noun

plural of cognition
as in perceptions
technical conscious mental activities; the activities of thinking, understanding, learning, and remembering disabilities affecting cognition and judgment

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Recent Examples of cognitions In an interview last year, for example, Hinton warned the technology could eventually take control of humanity, with AI agents in particular potentially able to mirror human cognitions within the decade. — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2026 Instead, computers became powerful enough that AIs can be churned out by gradient descent, without any human needing to understand the cognitions that grow inside. — Nate Soares, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cognitions
  1. perceptions
  2. observations
  3. reflections
  4. conceptions
  5. thoughts
  6. concepts
Noun
  • In oil, a single statement about Iran, Venezuela, Russia, Saudi Arabia, the Strategic Petroleum Reserve or the Strait of Hormuz can change perceptions of future supply and send billions of dollars moving through commodity markets.
    — Robert Rapier, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • More than just savings Grullon said outdated perceptions about thrift shopping have largely disappeared.
    — Joshua Sidorowicz, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of perceptions
Noun
  • With surveying capabilities more than 1,000 times faster than the Hubble Space Telescope, Roman will capture fundamentally different scientific observations that can’t be done with either Hubble or the James Webb Space Telescope.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Those observations will inform an aspirational future mission — the Habitable Worlds Observatory, which aims to view Earth-like planets more than 1 billion times dimmer than their host stars.
    — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of observations
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  • The space will become an immaterial garden with intricate cutouts creating shadows, reflections and transparency for viewing the jewelry creations.
    — Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The new songs, as ever, are mostly personal reflections, sometimes going back to experiences years earlier.
    — Steve Appleford, SPIN, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of reflections
Noun
  • As the narratives converge, Obreht teases out the relationship between our conceptions of history and of ourselves.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The thread of citizen rights and responsibilities weaves through each of these, uniting evolving conceptions of freedom, self-government, and individual achievement from the nation’s past through to its present.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 4 July 2026
Definition of conceptions
Noun
  • The visual style references a late 1980s Donna Karan campaign and video, photographed by Dennis Piel, that featured Rosemary McGrotha expressing her inner thoughts inside a limousine coming into New York.
    — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Fans took to YouTube and Instagram to share their thoughts on the teaser clip.
    — Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of thoughts
Noun
  • Lithium-7, meanwhile, is used in advanced fission concepts, including molten salt reactors.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Open Concepts With more mixed reactions than the other trends, open concepts fill out the top five most controversial design trends.
    — Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of concepts

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“Cognitions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cognitions. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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