Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

infatuation
an object of extravagant short-lived passion
 
gemmule
the physically discrete element that Darwin proposed as responsible for heredity
 
field trial
a test of the performance of some new product under the conditions in which it will be used
 
defensive attitude
an attitude of defensiveness (especially in the phrase `on the defensive')
 
discovery
a productive insight
 
Grimm's law
a sound law relating German consonants and consonants in other Indo-European languages
 
incapacity
lack of intellectual power
 
Salafi movement
a militant group of extremist Sunnis who believe themselves the only correct interpreters of the Koran and consider moderate Muslims to be infidels; seek to convert all Muslims and to insure that its own fundamentalist version of Islam will dominate the world
 
decision making
the cognitive process of reaching a decision
 
outwardness
concern with outward things or material objects as opposed to the mind and spirit
 
maths
a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement
 
astrophysics
the branch of astronomy concerned with the physical and chemical properties of celestial bodies
 
Apgar score
an assessment of the physical condition of a newborn infant; involves heart rate and muscle tone and respiratory effort and color and reflex responsiveness
 
multiple correlation coefficient
an estimate of the combined influence of two or more variables on the observed (dependent) variable
 
logical fallacy
a fallacy in logical argumentation
 
emulation
(computer science) technique of one machine obtaining the same results as another
 
foretaste
an early limited awareness of something yet to occur
 
flavour
(physics) the six kinds of quarks
 
determinant
a determining or causal element or factor
 
theory of preformation
a theory (popular in the 18th century and now discredited) that an individual develops by simple enlargement of a tiny fully formed organism (a homunculus) that exists in the germ cell
 
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