cognitive
Definitions
Relating to the mental processes of thinking, learning, perceiving, and remembering.
认知的（与思考、学习、感知、记忆有关的）
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedcogn (know, from Latin cognoscere — the Latin cousin of Greek gnost) + -itive (adjective) = 'relating to knowing.' Cognitive covers the whole mental machinery of knowing: perceiving the world, thinking it over, learning, and remembering. When psychologists say 'cognitive,' they mean anything to do with how the mind processes knowledge.
Root gnost still carries 11 more wordsWhy It Means This
Cognitive reached English through Latin (cognoscere), while diagnosis and prognosis came straight from Greek — but both branches trace back to one prehistoric root for 'know.' That shared origin is why a word about the mind (cognitive) and a word about medicine (diagnosis) feel like distant relatives: they are. Today 'cognitive' is the standard adjective in psychology and neuroscience — cognitive bias, cognitive load, cognitive decline.
Common Collocations
- 1.cognitive skills认知能力
- 2.cognitive development认知发展
- 3.cognitive bias认知偏差
- 4.cognitive function认知功能
- 5.cognitive decline认知衰退
Example Sentences
- 1.
Children develop cognitive skills rapidly in their early years.
- 2.
Lack of sleep impairs cognitive performance the next day.
- 3.
The therapy targets cognitive patterns that fuel anxiety.