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perception

[per-sep-shuhn]

noun

  1. the act or faculty of perceiving, or apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding.

    Synonyms: , ,
  2. immediate or intuitive recognition or appreciation, as of moral, psychological, or aesthetic qualities; insight; intuition; discernment.

    an artist of rare perception.

  3. the result or product of perceiving, as distinguished from the act of perceiving; percept.

  4. Psychology.Ģża single unified awareness derived from sensory processes while a stimulus is present.

  5. Law.Ģżthe taking into possession of rents, crops, profits, etc.



perception

/ ±čÉ™Ėˆ²õɛ±čŹƒÉ™²Ō /

noun

  1. the act or the effect of perceiving

  2. insight or intuition gained by perceiving

  3. the ability or capacity to perceive

  4. way of perceiving; awareness or consciousness; view

    advertising affects the customer's perception of a product

  5. the process by which an organism detects and interprets information from the external world by means of the sensory receptors

  6. law the collection, receipt, or taking into possession of rents, crops, etc

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Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms

  • perceptional adjective
  • nonperception noun
  • nonperceptional adjective
  • reperception noun
  • self-perception noun
  • unperceptional adjective
  • ±č±š°łĖˆ³¦±š±č³Ł¾±“DzԲ¹±ō adjective
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of perception1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English percepcioun, from Old French ±č±š°ł³¦±š±č³¦ĆÆ“Ē²Ō, from Latin ±č±š°ł³¦±š±č³Ł¾±Å²Ō-, stem of ±č±š°ł³¦±š±č³Ł¾±Å ā€œcomprehension,ā€ literally, ā€œa taking inā€; percept, -ion
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of perception1

C15: from Latin ±č±š°ł³¦±š±č³Ł¾±Å comprehension; see perceive
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And in a divided America, the perception of what actually happened depends on who you are.

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The question of whether she’ll meet her material needs vanishes practically overnight, but her whirlwind romance spins so fast that her pleasure center and perception of reality dull even faster.

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This puts democracy at risk because it creates deadlock and a perception that democracies can't get anything done.

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Of course, all fictional detectives, whether social, antisocial or introverted, tend to be superhuman to some degree, whatever personal challenges they might face, with a more original, more acute perception than their colleagues.

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She pointed to the Iranian Revolution of 1979, when some protesters placed flowers in the barrels of soldiers’ guns, and act of peaceful protest she said changed public perception.

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