cogniscient
/kɒɡˈnɪʃənt/
cogniscient adjective: aware, cognizant.
Adjective
cogniscient (comparative more cogniscient, superlative most cogniscient)
- aware, cognizant
- According to the classical view, a cognizable object is in the cogniscient being in the way of the cogniscient being (modo cognoscentis), and a sentient impression is a cause of actions.1986, Carl Micham, Alosi Huning, editors, Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, volume 90, D. Reidel Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 79
- Everyone at the funeral is uncomfortable, fully cogniscient of dark times approaching.2010, Jason Hornsby, Eleven Twenty-Three, Permuted Press, →ISBN, page 86
Forms of cogniscient
| comparative | more cogniscient |
|---|---|
| superlative | most cogniscient |
Origin of cogniscient
Borrowed from Latin cognōscentem, nominative cognōscēns, participle of cognōsco (“learn, get to know”) (See cognizant). The unetymological spelling will have been influenced by similar Latin borrowings, such as proficient, efficient, sufficient, etc. (See Rhymes: -ɪʃənt).
Words that rhyme with cogniscient
- efficient
- sufficient
- coefficient
- deficient
- hyperdeficient
- inefficient
- insufficient
- omniscient
- perficient
- self-sufficient
- allicient
- beneficient
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- bideficient
- biodeficient
- calorifacient
- calorificient
- cost-efficient
- ecoefficient
- eigencoefficient
- equiefficient
- haplodeficient
- haploinsufficient
- haploproficient
- haplosufficient
- hyperefficient
- immunodeficient
- immunoinsufficient
- immunosufficient
- indeficient
- lymphosufficient
- maleficient
- multideficient
- multiscient
- nondeficient
- nonefficient
- nonomniscient
- nonproficient
- nonsufficient
- objicient
- Pareto-efficient
- phosphodeficient
- piezocoefficient
- proficient
- projicient
- pseudodeficient
- subefficient
- superefficient
- superproficient
- ultraefficient
- undeficient
- unproficient
- unsufficient
Questions about cogniscient
- What does cogniscient mean?
- Cogniscient means aware, cognizant.
- What part of speech is cogniscient?
- Cogniscient is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce cogniscient?
- Cogniscient is pronounced /kɒɡˈnɪʃənt/.
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