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REPRESENTATIONAL PROCESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any basic cognitive process in which some entity comes to stand for or represent something else
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("representational process" is a kind of...):
basic cognitive process (cognitive processes involved in obtaining and storing knowledge)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "representational process"):
symbol; symbolic representation; symbolisation; symbolization (something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible)
exemplification; typification (a representational or typifying form or model)
depicting; depiction; portrayal; portraying (a representation by picture or portraiture)
anthropomorphism; theanthropism (the representation of objects (especially a god) as having human form or traits)
imagery; imagination; imaging; mental imagery (the ability to form mental images of things or events)
