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cog·ni·tive  audio  (kgn-tv) KEY 

ADJECTIVE:
  1. Of, characterized by, involving, or relating to cognition: "Thinking in terms of dualisms is common in our cognitive culture" (Key Reporter).
  2. Having a basis in or reducible to empirical factual knowledge.


OTHER FORMS:
cogni·tive·ly(Adverb)


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