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INTERNAL REPRESENTATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image
Synonyms:
internal representation; mental representation; representation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("internal representation" is a kind of...):
cognitive content; content; mental object (the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "internal representation"):
convergence; intersection; overlap (a representation of common ground between theories or phenomena)
instantiation (a representation of an idea in the form of an instance of it)
antitype (a person or thing represented or foreshadowed by an earlier type or symbol; especially a figure or event in the New Testament having a counterpart in the Old Testament)
stereotype (a conventional or formulaic conception or image)
schema; scheme (an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world)
image; mental image (an iconic mental representation)
interpretation; reading; version (a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something)
phantasmagoria (a constantly changing medley of real or imagined images (as in a dream))
psychosexuality (the mental representation of sexual activities)
percept; perception; perceptual experience (the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept)
memory (something that is remembered)
example; model (a representative form or pattern)
appearance (a mental representation)
blur; fuzz (a hazy or indistinct representation)
abstractionism; unrealism (a representation having no reference to concrete objects or specific examples)
concrete representation; concretism (a representation of an abstract idea in concrete terms)
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