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n. the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

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acquaintance, familiarity, conversance, conversancy

n. personal knowledge or information about someone or something

awareness, consciousness, cognizance, cognisance, knowingness

n. having knowledge of; "he had no awareness of his mistakes"; "his sudden consciousness of the problem he faced"; "their intelligence and general knowingness was impressive"

appreciation, grasp, hold

n. understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something; "he has a good grasp of accounting practices"

comprehension

n. an ability to understand the meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result); "how you can do that is beyond my comprehension"; "he was famous for his comprehension of American literature"

realization, realisation, recognition

n. coming to understand something clearly and distinctly; "a growing realization of the risk involved"; "a sudden recognition of the problem he faced"; "increasing recognition that diabetes frequently coexists with other chronic diseases"

understanding, apprehension, discernment, savvy

n. the cognitive condition of someone who understands; "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect"

culture

n. the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization; "the developing drug culture"; "the reason that the agency is doomed to inaction has something to do with the FBI culture"

enlightenment

n. education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge

data, information

n. a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn; "statistical data"

cognizance, ken

n. range of what one can know or understand; "beyond my ken"

observation

n. facts learned by observing; "he reported his observations to the mayor"

notice

n. polite or favorable attention; "his hard work soon attracted the teacher's notice"

percept, perception, perceptual experience

n. the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept

public opinion, popular opinion, opinion, vox populi

n. a belief or sentiment shared by most people; the voice of the people; "he asked for a poll of public opinion"

impression, feeling, belief, notion, opinion

n. a vague idea in which some confidence is placed; "his impression of her was favorable"; "what are your feelings about the crisis?"; "it strengthened my belief in his sincerity"; "I had a feeling that she was lying"

insight, sixth sense

n. grasping the inner nature of things intuitively

sense

n. a general conscious awareness; "a sense of security"; "a sense of happiness"; "a sense of danger"; "a sense of self"

meaning, substance

n. the idea that is intended; "What is the meaning of this proverb?"

education

n. knowledge acquired by learning and instruction; "it was clear that he had a very broad education"

literacy

n. the ability to read and write

cognizance

n. range or scope of what is perceived

consciousness

n. an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation; "he lost consciousness"

eruditeness, erudition, learnedness, learning, scholarship, encyclopedism, encyclopaedism

n. profound scholarly knowledge

experience

n. the content of direct observation or participation in an event; "he had a religious experience"; "he recalled the experience vividly"

intelligence

n. the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience

learning, acquisition

n. the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge; "the child's acquisition of language"

Wisdom of Solomon, Wisdom

n. an Apocryphal book consisting mainly of a meditation on wisdom; although ascribed to Solomon it was probably written in the first century BC

school, schooling

n. the process of being formally educated at a school; "what will you do when you finish school?"

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belief

n. any cognitive content held as true

suspicion, suspiciousness

n. being of a suspicious nature; "his suspiciousness destroyed his marriage"

supposition, supposal

n. the cognitive process of supposing

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