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cogito

Pronunciation: /ˈkəʊgɪtəʊ, -dʒɪ-/

Definition of cogito

noun

(usually the cogito) Philosophy

the principle establishing the existence of a being from the fact of its thinking or awareness: Augustine gives a memorable earlier version of the Cartesian cogito