#ability.cognition  possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done; "danger heightened his powers of discrimination"
  exclusion:  inability
  supertype:  cognition__knowledge__noesis  the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
  subtype:  know-how  the (technical) knowledge and skill required to do something
     subtype:  bag_of_tricks  a supply of ways of accomplishing something; "every good mechanic has a large bag of tricks"
     subtype:  sapience__wisdom  ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight
        subtype:  astuteness__profundity__profoundness__depth  the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas
        subtype:  sagacity__sagaciousness__sagaciousnes__judgement__discernment  ability to make good judgments
           subtype:  eye.sagacity  good discernment (either with the eyes or as if with the eyes); "she has an eye for fresh talent"; "he has an artist's eye"
           subtype:  common_sense__good_sense__gumption__horse_sense__horsesense__sense__mother_wit  sound practical judgment; "I can't see the sense in doing it now"; "he hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples"; "fortunately shw had the sense to run away"
              subtype:  logic  reasoned and reasonable judgment; "it made a certain kind of logic"
              subtype:  nous  (British) common sense; "she has great social nous"
              subtype:  road_sense  good judgment in avoiding trouble or accidents on the road
           subtype:  judiciousness__judiciousnes  good judgment
              subtype:  forethought__caution__precaution__care  judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger; "he exercised caution in opening the door"; "he handled the vase with care"
           subtype:  discreetness__discretion__circumspection__prudence  knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress; "the servants showed great tact and discretion"
              subtype:  confidentiality.discreetness  discretion in keeping secret information
           subtype:  injudiciousness__indiscreetness  lacking good judgment
     subtype:  method  a way of doing something, esp. a systematic one; implies an orderly logical arrangement (usually in steps)
        subtype:  teaching_method__teachingmethod  a method of instruction
           subtype:  Socratic_method__maieutic_method  a method of teaching by question and answer; used by Socrates to elicit truths from his students
        subtype:  method_of_choice  the best method to achieve a desired result
        subtype:  methodology  the system of methods followed in a particular discipline
           subtype:  scientific_method  a method of investigation involving observation and theory to test scientific hypotheses
              subtype:  experimental_method  the use of controlled observations and measurements to test hypotheses
        subtype:  mnemonics__mnemonic  a method or system for improving the memory
        subtype:  solution.method  a method for solving a problem; "the easy solution is to look it up in the handbook"
        subtype:  technique  a practical method or art applied to some particular task
           subtype:  Benday_process  a photoengraving technique for adding shading or texture or tone to a printed image
           subtype:  bonding.technique  (dentistry) a technique for repairing a tooth; resinous material is applied to the surface of the tooth where it adheres to the tooth's enamel
           subtype:  emulation.technique  (computer science) technique of one machine obtaining the same results as another
              subtype:  terminal_emulation  (computer science) having a computer act exactly like a terminal
           subtype:  immunofluorescence  (immunology) a technique that uses antibodies linked to a fluorescent dye in order to study antigens in a sample of tissue
           subtype:  computer_simulation__simulation  (computer science) the technique of representing the real world by a computer program; "a simulation should imitate the internal processes and not merely the results of the thing being simulated"
        subtype:  technicolor  a trademarked method of making color motion pictures
        subtype:  statistical_method__statisticalmethod  a method of analyzing or representing statistical data
           subtype:  method_of_least_squares__least_squares__leastsquare  a method of fitting a curve to data points so as to minimize the sum of the squares of the distances of the points from the curve
           subtype:  regression_toward_the_mean__regression__simple_regression  the relation between selected values of x and observed values of y (from which the most probable value of y can be predicted for any value of x)
              subtype:  linear_regression__rectilinear_regression__rectilinearregression  the relation between variables when the regression equation is linear: e.g., y = ax + b
              subtype:  curvilinear_regression__curvilinearregression  the relation between variables when the regression equation is nonlinear (quadratic or higher order)
           subtype:  multiple_regression  a statistical technique that predicts values of one variable on the basis of two or more other variables
           subtype:  regression_analysis  the use of regression to make quantitative predictions of one variable from the values of another
           subtype:  correlational_analysis  the use of statistical correlation to evaluate the strength of the relations between variables
           subtype:  analysis_of_variance__ANOVA  a statistical method for making simultaneous comparisons between two or more means; a statistical method that yields values that can be tested to determine whether a significant relation exists between variables
  subtype:  leadership.ability  the ability to lead: "he believed that leadership can be taught"
     subtype:  generalship.leadership  the leadership ability of a military general
  subtype:  intelligence  the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience
     subtype:  intellect__mind  knowledge and intellectual ability; "he reads to improve his mind"; "he has a keen intellect"
     subtype:  breadth__comprehensiveness__comprehensivenes  an ability to understand a broad range of topics; "a teacher must have a breadth of knowledge of the subject"
     subtype:  nonverbal_intelligence__nonverbalintelligence  intelligence that is manifested in the performance of tasks requiring little or no use of language
     subtype:  verbal_intelligence  intelligence in the use and comprehension of language
     subtype:  brainpower__brain__learning_ability__mental_capacity__mentality__wit  mental ability; "he's got plenty of brains but no common sense"
     subtype:  mental_quickness__quickness__quicknes__quickwittednes  intelligence as revealed by an ability to give correct responses without delay
     subtype:  brilliance__genius  unusual mental ability
        subtype:  pyrotechnics  brilliance of display (as in the performance of music)
     subtype:  precociousness__precocity  intelligence achieved far ahead of normal developmental schedules
     subtype:  acuity__acuteness__acutenes__sharpnes__keennes  a quick and penetrating intelligence; "he argued with great acuteness"; "I admired the keenness of his mind"
        subtype:  steel_trap__steeltrap  an acute intelligence (an analogy based on the well known sharpness of steel traps); "he's as sharp as a steel trap"; "a mind like a steel trap"
     subtype:  cleverness__brightness__smartness__smartnes  intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty
     subtype:  shrewdness__astuteness__perspicacity__perspicaciousness__perspicaciousnes  intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings)
        subtype:  craftiness__craft__cunning__foxines__slyness__wiliness  shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
        subtype:  cunning  shrewdness in deception; "as cunning as a fox"
        subtype:  insightfulness__acumen  shrewdness shown by keen insight
        subtype:  knowingness  shrewdness demonstrated by knowledge
        subtype:  street_smarts  a shrewd ability to survive in a dangerous urban environment
  subtype:  aptitude  inherent ability
     subtype:  instinct__inherent_aptitude  inborn pattern of behavior often responsive to specific stimuli: "the spawning instinct in salmon"; "altruistic instincts in social animals"
        subtype:  id  (psychoanalysis) primitive instincts and energies underlying all psychic activity
     subtype:  potentiality__capability__capableness__capablenes  an aptitude that may be developed
        subtype:  perfectibility__perfectability  the capability of becoming perfect; "he believes in the ultimate perfectability of man"
        subtype:  grasp__compass__compas__reach  the limit of capability; "within the compass of education"
           subtype:  ken__sight  the range of vision; "out of sight of land"
     subtype:  natural_ability__naturalability  ability that is inherited
        subtype:  natural_endowment__naturalendowment__endowment__gift__talent  natural qualities or talents
           subtype:  knack__bent__hang  a special way of doing something; "he had a bent for it"; "he had a special knack for getting into trouble"; "he couldn't get the hang of it"
           subtype:  genius__flair  a natural talent; "he has a flair for mathematics"; "he has a genius for interior decorating"
           subtype:  raw_talent__rawtalent  powerfully impressive talent
  subtype:  mental_ability__capacity  the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior
     subtype:  prescience__prevision  the power to foresee the future
  subtype:  creativity__creativeness  the ability to create
     subtype:  fecundity__fruitfulness  the intellectual fruitfulness of a creative imagination
     subtype:  flight.creativity  passing above and beyond ordinary bounds; "a flight of fancy"; "flights of rhetoric"; "flights of imagination"
     subtype:  wizardry__genius  exceptional creative ability
     subtype:  imaginativeness__imaginativenes__vision  the power of imagination; "popular imagination created a world of demons"
        subtype:  fancy  fancy was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than imagination
        subtype:  fantasy  imagination unrestricted by reality; "a schoolgirl fantasy"
           subtype:  pipe_dream__dream  a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe); "I have this pipe dream about being emperor of the universe"
           subtype:  fantasy_life__fantasylife__phantasy_life  an imaginary life lived in a fantasy world
           subtype:  fantasy_world__fantasyworld__phantasy_world__fairyland  a place existing solely in the imagination (but often mistaken for reality)
        subtype:  dreaming__dream  imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake; "he lives in a dream that has nothing to do with reality"
           subtype:  daydream__reverie__revery__daydreaming__oneirism__air_castle__aircastle__castle_in_the_air__castle_in_Spain  absent-minded dreaming while awake
           subtype:  woolgathering  an idle indulgence in fantasy
     subtype:  innovation__invention__excogitation__conception__design  the creation of something in the mind
        subtype:  contrivance  the faculty of contriving; inventive skill; "his skillful contrivance of answers to every problem"
     subtype:  inventiveness__inventivenes__ingeniousnes__cleverness  the power of creative imagination
        subtype:  imagination__resourcefulness__resourcefulnes  the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems; "a man of resource"
           subtype:  armoury__armory__inventory  a collection of resources; "he dipped into his intellectual armory to find an answer"
  subtype:  originality  the ability to think and act independently
     subtype:  innovativeness  originality by virtue of introducing new ideas
     subtype:  unconventionality.originality  originality by virtue of being unconventional
     subtype:  novelty__freshness__freshnes  originality by virtue of being new and surprising
  subtype:  skill__science  ability to produce solutions in some problem domain; "the skill of a well-trained boxer"; "the sweet science of pugilism"
     subtype:  nose.skill  a natural skill; "he has a nose for good deals"
     subtype:  virtuosity  technical skill or fluency or style exhibited by a virtuoso
  subtype:  accomplishment__skill__acquirement__acquisition__attainment  an ability that has been acquired by training
     subtype:  airmanship  the art of flying airplane
     subtype:  craftsmanship__craft__workmanship  skill in an occupation or trade
        subtype:  housecraft  skill in domestic management
        subtype:  priestcraft  the skills involved in the work of a priest
        subtype:  stagecraft  skill in writing or staging plays
           subtype:  coup_de_theatre.stagecraft__coupdetheatre  a sensational bit of stagecraft
        subtype:  tradecraft  skill acquired through experience in a trade; "instructional designers are trained in something that might be called tradecraft"; often used to discuss skill in espionage; "the CIA chief of station accepted responsibility for his agents' failures of tradecraft"
        subtype:  watercraft  skill in the management of boats
        subtype:  woodcraft  skill in carving or fashioning objects from wood
     subtype:  horsemanship  skill in handling and riding horses
     subtype:  marksmanship  skill in shooting
     subtype:  literacy  the ability to read and write
     subtype:  numeracy  skill with numbers and mathematics
     subtype:  oarsmanship  skill as an oarsman
     subtype:  salesmanship  skill in selling; skill in persuading people to buy; "he read a book on salesmanship but it didn't help"
     subtype:  seamanship  skill in sailing
        subtype:  boatmanship  skill in handling boats
     subtype:  showmanship  the ability to present something (especially theatrical shows) in an attractive manner
     subtype:  soldiering__soldiership  skills that are required for the life of soldier
     subtype:  swordsmanship  skill in fencing
  subtype:  hand.ability  ability; "he wanted to try his hand at singing"
  subtype:  superior_skill  more than ordinary ability
     subtype:  art__artistry__prowess__prowes  a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation; "the art of conversation"; "it's quite an art"
        subtype:  falconry  the art of training falcons to hunt and return
        subtype:  homiletics  the art of preaching
        subtype:  horology  the art of designing and making clocks
        subtype:  minstrelsy  the art of a minstrel
        subtype:  musicianship  artistry in performing music
        subtype:  enology__oenology  the art of wine making
        subtype:  puppetry.art  the art of making puppets and presenting puppet shows
        subtype:  taxidermy  the art of mounting the skins of animals so that they have lifelike appearance
        subtype:  ventriloquism__ventriloquy  the art of projecting your voice so that it seems to come from another source (as from a ventriloquist's dummy)
  subtype:  mental_faculty__faculty__module  one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind
     subtype:  attention.mental_faculty  the faculty or power of mental concentration; "keeping track of all the details requires your complete attention"
        subtype:  engrossment__absorption  complete attention; intense mental effort
           subtype:  focussing__focu__focusing__centering  the concentration of attention or energy on something; "the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology"
              subtype:  particularism  a focus on something particular
           subtype:  specialism  the concentration of your efforts on a particular field of study or occupation
           subtype:  study.engrossment  a state of deep mental absorption; "she is in a deep study"
        subtype:  mental_note  speical attention with intent to remember; "he made a mental note to send her flowers"
        subtype:  watchfulness__vigilance__alertness__alertnes  the process of paying close and continuous attention
           subtype:  jealousy  zealous vigilance: "cherish their official political freedom with fierce jealousy"-Paul Blanshard
     subtype:  faculty_of_language__language__speech  the mental faculty or power of vocal communication; "language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals"
     subtype:  retention__memory__retentiveness__retentivenes  the power of retaining and recalling past experience; "he had a good memory when he was younger"
        subtype:  remembrance__anamnesis__anamnesi  the ability to recall past occurrences
     subtype:  reason.mental_faculty__understanding__intellect  the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination; "we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil"
     subtype:  sentiency__sense__sensation__sentience__sensory_faculty__sensoryfaculty  the faculty through which the external world is apprehended
        subtype:  sense_modality__sensemodality__modality__sensory_system__sensorysystem  a particular sense
           subtype:  visual_sense__sight__vision__visual_modality  the ability to see; the faculty of vision
              subtype:  achromatic_vision  vision using the rods
              subtype:  visual_acuity__acuity__sharp-sightedness__sharpsightednes  sharpness of vision; the visual ability to resolve fine detail (usually measured by a Snellen chart)
                 subtype:  oxyopia  unusually acute vision
              subtype:  binocular_vision__binocularvision  vision involving the use of both eyes
                 subtype:  stereoscopic_vision__stereoscopy  three-dimensional vision produced by the fusion of two slightly different views of a scene on each retina
              subtype:  central_vision__centralvision  vision using the fovea and parafovea
              subtype:  color_vision__colorvision__chromatic_vision__chromaticvision__trichromacy  the normal ability to see colors
              subtype:  distance_vision  vision for objects that a 20 feet or more from the viewer
              subtype:  eyesight__seeing__sightedness__sightednes  use of the faculty of vision
              subtype:  monocular_vision__monocularvision  vision with only one eye
              subtype:  near_vision  vision for objects 2 feet or closer to the viewer
              subtype:  night_vision__nightvision__nightsight__scotopic_vision__twilight_vision  the ability to see in reduced illumination (as in moonlight)
              subtype:  daylight_vision__photopic_vision  normal vision in daylight; vision with sufficient illumination that the cones are active and hue is perceived
                 subtype:  foveal_vision  vision with the fovea
              subtype:  peripheral_vision  vision using only the periphery of the retina
           subtype:  somatosense  any of the sensory systems that mediate sensations of pressure and tickle and warmth and cold and vibration and limb position and limb movement and pain
              subtype:  sense_of_touch__touch__skin_senses__touch_modality__touchmodality__cutaneous_senses  the faculty of touch; "only sight and touch enable us to locate objects in the space around us"
              subtype:  kinesthesia__feeling_of_movement  the perception of body position and movement and muscular tensions etc
           subtype:  sense_of_hearing__hearing__audition__auditory_sense__auditory_modality  the ability to hear; the auditory faculty; "his hearing was impaired"
              subtype:  ear.sense_of_hearing  good hearing; "he had a keen ear"; "a good ear for pitch"
              subtype:  absolute_pitch__perfect_pitch__perfectpitch  the ability to identify the pitch of a tone
           subtype:  sense_of_taste__taste__gustation__gustatory_modality__gustatorymodality  the faculty of taste; "his cold deprived him of his sense of taste"
           subtype:  sense_of_smell__smell__olfaction__olfactory_modality__olfactorymodality  the faculty of smell
              subtype:  nose.sense_of_smell  the sense of smell (especially in animals); "the hound has a good nose"
        subtype:  sensitivity.sentiency__sensitiveness__sensitivenes  (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli: "sensitivity to pain"
           subtype:  hypersensitivity  extreme sensitivity
           subtype:  responsiveness.sensitivity__reactivity  responsive to stimulation
              subtype:  excitability__irritability  excessive sensitivity of an organ or body part
           subtype:  exteroception  sensitivity to stimuli originating outside of the body
              subtype:  visual_sense__sight__vision__visual_modality  the ability to see; the faculty of vision
              subtype:  sense_of_touch__touch__skin_senses__touch_modality__touchmodality__cutaneous_senses  the faculty of touch; "only sight and touch enable us to locate objects in the space around us"
              subtype:  sense_of_hearing__hearing__audition__auditory_sense__auditory_modality  the ability to hear; the auditory faculty; "his hearing was impaired"
              subtype:  sense_of_taste__taste__gustation__gustatory_modality__gustatorymodality  the faculty of taste; "his cold deprived him of his sense of taste"
              subtype:  sense_of_smell__smell__olfaction__olfactory_modality__olfactorymodality  the faculty of smell
           subtype:  interoception  sensitivity to stimuli originating inside of the body
              subtype:  proprioception  the ability to sense the position and location and orientation and movement of the body and its parts
                 subtype:  kinesthesis__kinesthesi__kinaesthesis__kinesthesia__kinesthetics__muscle_sense__sense_of_movement  the ability to feel movements of the limbs and body
                 subtype:  kinanesthesia  inability to sense movement
                 subtype:  sense_of_equilibrium__equilibrium__labyrinthine_sense__vestibular_sense__sense_of_balance  a sensory system located in structures of the inner ear that registers the orientation of the head
              subtype:  somesthesis__somesthesi__somesthesia__somaesthesis__somatesthesia__somatatesthesis__somatatesthesi__somatosensory_system__somatosensorysystem__somatic_sensory_system__somaticsensorysystem__somatic_sense__somaticsense  the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs
                 subtype:  tactual_sensation__tactualsensation__tactility__touchperception__skinperceptivenes  the faculty of perceiving (via the skin) pressure or heat or pain
                 subtype:  kinesthesia__feeling_of_movement  the perception of body position and movement and muscular tensions etc
           subtype:  photosensitivity__radiosensitivity  sensitivity to the action of radiant energy
     subtype:  volition__will  the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention: "the exercise of their volition we construe as revolt"- George Meredith
        subtype:  velleity  volition in its weakest form

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