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cognitive

/ˈkɑɡnɪtɪv/

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Stress “cog” and keep the “g” audible.

Use three syllables, with a hard g before n. Let the remaining vowels stay lighter than the opening beat, and finish with a voiced v sound.

3 syllables · Stress on syllable 1

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The course introduces cognitive science.

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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

What does cognitive mean?

adjective

  1. Relating to the part of mental functions that deals with logic, as opposed to affective which deals with emotions.
  2. Intellectual.
More meanings (2)

adjective

  1. (obsolete, rare) Cognate; to be recognized as cognate.

noun

  1. (obsolete, rare) A cognate.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈkɑɡnɪtɪv/

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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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The interest with which this discipline is approached is therefore not commonly the intellectual or cognitive interest simply.
Thorstein VeblenThe Theory of the Leisure ClassProject Gutenberg ebook #833
It ceased to mean ways of doing and being done to, and became a name for something intellectual and cognitive.
John DeweyDemocracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of EducationProject Gutenberg ebook #852