Cogitation

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  • noun. Thoughtful consideration; meditation.
  • noun. A serious thought; a carefully considered reflection.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In pre-Kantian philosophy, especially in Descartes, Spinoza, and the Wolfians, consciousness, especially thoughts.
  • noun. The act of cogitating or thinking; earnest reflection; meditation; contemplation.
  • noun. Hence That which is thought out; a plan; a scheme.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of thinking; thought; meditation; contemplation.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The process of cogitating; thought, deliberation or meditation
  • noun. A carefully considered thought
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. attentive consideration and meditation
  • noun. a carefully considered thought about something
  • Word Usage
    "It’s clear that she, like so many others, feels that blacks are lacking something in cogitation."
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