#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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