Dictionary Definition
recognition
Noun
1 the state or quality of being recognized or
acknowledged; "the partners were delighted with the recognition of
their work"; "she seems to avoid much in the way of recognition or
acknowledgement of feminist work prior to her own" [syn: acknowledgment, acknowledgement]
2 the process of recognizing something or someone
by remembering; "a politician whose recall of names was as
remarkable as his recognition of faces"; "experimental
psychologists measure the elapsed time from the onset of the
stimulus to its recognition by the observer" [syn: identification]
3 approval; "give her recognition for trying";
"he was given credit for his work"; "give her credit for trying";
"the credits were given at the end of the film" [syn: credit]
4 coming to understand something clearly and
distinctly; "a growing realization of the risk involved"; "a sudden
recognition of the problem he faced"; "increasing recognition that
diabetes frequently coexists with other chronic diseases" [syn:
realization,
realisation]
5 (biology) the ability of one molecule to attach
to another molecule that has a complementary shape; "molecular
recognition drives all of biology, for instance, hormone and
receptor or antibody-antigen interactions or the organization of
molecules into larger biologically active entities"
6 the explicit and formal acknowledgement of a
government or of the national independence of a country;
"territorial disputes were resolved in Guatemala's recognition of
Belize in 1991"
7 an acceptance (as of a claim) as true and
valid; "the recognition of the Rio Grande as a boundary between
Mexico and the United States"
8 designation by the chair granting a person the
right to speak in a deliberative body; "he was unable to make his
motion because he couldn't get recognition by the chairman"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- /ˌɹɛkəgˈnɪʃən/, /%rEk@g"nIS@n/
Etymology
From recognitionem (accusative of recognitio), from stem recognit, past participle of recognoscere.Noun
recognition- the act of recognizing or the condition
of being recognized
- He looked at her for ten full minutes before recognition dawned.
- An awareness that something observed has been observed before
- acceptance as
valid or true
- The law was a recognition of their civil rights.
- Official acceptance of the status of a new government by that of another country
- honor, favorable note, or attention
- The charity gained plenty of recognition for its efforts, but little money.
Translations
the act of recognizing or the condition of being
recognized
- Dutch: herkenning
- Finnish: tunnistaminen, tunnistus
- German: Erkennen , Wiedererkennen , Erkennung
An awareness that something observed has been
observed before
Acceptance as valid or true
- Czech: uznání
- Dutch: erkenning
- Finnish: tunnustaminen, tunnustus
- German: Anerkennung
Official acceptance of the status of a new
government by that of another country
- Czech: uznání
- Dutch: erkenning
- Finnish: tunnustaminen, tunnustus
- German: Anerkennung
honor, favorable note, or attention
- Czech: uznání
- Dutch: erkenning
- Finnish: kunnianosoitus
- German: Anerkennung
Derived terms
Related terms
Extensive Definition
Recognition (re+cognition) is a process that
occurs in thinking when
some event,
process, pattern, or object
recurrs. Thus in order for something to be recognized, it must be
familiar. This recurrence allows the recognizer to more properly
react, survival
value.
When the recognizer has correctly responded, this
is a measure of understanding. For
example, when some animals have never seen a human being
before, they do not hide and they show no fear; but when they learn
that a human being
may be a threat,
they may emit distress
cries, flee or hide.
Even non-mammals can recognize when a
situation signals danger,
and will flee or hide. Baby spiders will flee when a mother spider
sends a sharp pulse along the spider web. A male spider will gently
poke a female spider's web to assess whether it is without being
killed himself.
In philosophy recognition became very important
in Hegel's attempt at understanding the emergence of self-consciousness.
Lack of recognition can also be attributed as alienation
and it was this aspect of Hegel's work that Marx elaborated upon.
The importance of recognition for Hegel is seen in his myth of the
master-slave
dialectic.
See also
External links
- Behavioral Model of Visual Perception and Recognition by I.A. Rybak et al.
recognition in German: Erkennung
recognition in Lithuanian: Atpažinimas
recognition in Dutch: Herkenning
recognition in Simple English: Recognition
recognition in Serbian: Рекогниција
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
acceptance, acclaim, acknowledgment, action, admission, allowance, anagnorisis, angle, apperception, appreciation, appreciativeness,
architectonics,
architecture,
argument, assimilation, atmosphere, attention, avowal, awareness, background, benediction, blurb, boost, bringing to light, buildup, casual discovery,
catastrophe,
catching, celebrity, chance discovery,
character, characterization,
cognition, cognizance, color, commendation, complication, concession, confession, consciousness, continuity, contrivance, credit, crediting, declaration, denouement, design, detection, determination, determining, development, device, disclosure, discovery, distinguishment,
due, eclat, episode, espial, excavation, exhumation, exposure, fable, falling action, fame, famousness, figure, find, finding, finding out, gimmick, glory, good word, grace, honor, honorable mention, hymn, hype, identification, incident, insight, invention, kudos, line, local color, locating, location, lucky strike,
mindfulness,
mood, motif, movement, mythos, name, noesis, note, notice, notoriety, notoriousness, paean, perception, peripeteia, plan, plot, plug, popularity, praise, prayer of thanks,
profession, promotion, publicity, puff, realization, reclame, rediscovery, reidentification,
renown, report, reputation, repute, revelation, right, rising action, scheme, secondary plot, sensibility, serendipity, slant, spotting, story, strike, structure, subject, subplot, switch, thank offering,
thank-you, thanks,
thanksgiving, the
bubble reputation, thematic development, theme, tone, topic, treasure trove, trouvaille, trove, twist, uncovering, unearthing, vogue, what is
owing