anticognitive en · ADJ
Etymology
From anti- + cognitive.
Meanings
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Opposing or counteracting cognition.
Many authors – in particular, Meltzer and Bion – have described clinical situations in which the mind, where wholly or relatively incapable of tolerating psychic pain, performs destructive, or anticognitive, operations[…]
2006, Antonio Imbasciati, Constructing a Mind, page 117:[…]the culture emphasizes anticognitive and anti-intellectual currents which are rooted in a return to instinctual modes.
1997, Patrick Murray, editor, Reflections on Commercial Life:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more anticognitive | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most anticognitive | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Translations (1)
pt anticognitivo (opposing or counteracting cognition)