cogitation
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Psychologists know that people are credulous about the cognitive abilities of those who matter to them, overinterpreting simple responses as signs of cogitation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025
But the output is mostly a simulacrum of human thought, not the product of cogitation.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 16, 2023
At one extreme, there are those for whom a lifetime of rumination and cogitation offers an unparalleled sense of meaning.
From Salon • May 30, 2021
Observance could be as simple as remembering a delightful idea you’ve had, recalling a time when sustained cogitation led to an eventual aha!, or writing a math-related poem.
From Slate • Oct. 14, 2016
Peace lay on Devon like a blessing, the summer’s peace, the reprieve, New Hampshire’s response to all the cogitation and deadness of winter.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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