Definitions of psychological feature
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a feature of the mental life of a living organism
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cognition, knowledge, noesis
the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
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motivation, motive, need
the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior
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event
something that happens at a given place and time
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act, deed, human action, human activity
something that people do or cause to happen
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group action
action taken by a group of people
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brain, head, mind, nous, psyche
that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason
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place
an abstract mental location
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general knowledge, public knowledge
knowledge that is available to anyone
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episteme
the body of ideas that determine the knowledge that is intellectually certain at any particular time
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ability, power
possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done
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inability
lack of ability (especially mental ability) to do something
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lexis
all of the words in a language; all word forms having meaning or grammatical function
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lexicon, mental lexicon, vocabulary
a language user's knowledge of words
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practice
knowledge of how something is usually done
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cognitive factor
something immaterial (as a circumstance or influence) that contributes to producing a result
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equivalent
a person or thing equal to another in value, measure, force, effect, significance, etc.
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cognitive operation, cognitive process, mental process, operation, process
(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents
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process, unconscious process
a mental process that you are not directly aware of
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perception
knowledge gained by perceiving
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structure
the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations
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cognitive content, content, mental object
the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
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information
knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction
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history
all that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing; a body of knowledge
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attitude, mental attitude
a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways
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might-have-been
an event that could have occurred but never did
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nonevent
an anticipated event that turns out to be far less significant than was expected
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happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent
an event that happens
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social event
an event characteristic of persons forming groups
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miracle
a marvellous event manifesting a supernatural act of a divine agent
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migration
(chemistry) the nonrandom movement of an atom or radical from one place to another within a molecule
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make-up, makeup
an event that is substituted for a previously cancelled event
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zap
a sudden event that imparts energy or excitement, usually with a dramatic impact
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life
a motive for living
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rational motive
a motive that can be defended by reasoning or logical argument
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irrational motive
a motivation that is inconsistent with reason or logic
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impulse, urge
an instinctive motive
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ethical motive, ethics, morality, morals
motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
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mental energy, psychic energy
an actuating force or factor
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farce
an event or situation that is absurd, empty, or insincere
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abstract entity, abstraction
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples
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