ˈkägnəd.iv, -ətiv adjective
Etymology: cognit ion + -ive
1. : of, relating to, or being conscious intellectual activity (as thinking, reasoning, remembering, imagining, or learning words)
the cognitive elements of perception — C.H.Hamburg
2. : based on or capable of being reduced to empirical factual knowledge
to debate whether normative statements can be cognitive
• cognitively adverb