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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: awareness, recognition, sense

  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. a single unified awareness derived from sensory processes while a stimulus is present.
  5. Law. the taking into possession of rents, crops, profits, etc.


perception

/ pəˈsɛpʃən /

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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Derived Forms

  • perˈceptional, adjective

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Other Words From

  • per·ception·al adjective
  • nonper·ception noun
  • nonper·ception·al adjective
  • reper·ception noun
  • self-per·ception noun
  • unper·ception·al adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of perception1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English percepcioun, from Old French percepcïon, from Latin perceptiōn-, stem of perceptiō “comprehension,” literally, “a taking in”; percept, -ion

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Word History and Origins

Origin of perception1

C15: from Latin perceptiō comprehension; see perceive

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Example Sentences

Bourla acknowledged that the late October date, coming right before the election, created the perception of political involvement, which could undermine confidence in the vaccine.

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Over the past three decades, public perceptions of information technology have taken some wild turns.

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I do think, however, there is a perception among people in street organizations that the police are not doing their job.

The perception was that most absentee voters were Republicans, so Democrats focused on Election Day voters, and getting them to the polls.

Businesses and corporate institutions also yield significant influence in shaping policies and public perceptions around LGBTQ issues.

His hero, Bruce Springsteen, is a gazillionaire, but he still manages to come across as a regular guy, so perception is reality.

Clinton is further back in history, and there is a perception that back then everything was rainbows and sunshine and gumdrops.

That perception is false and often reflects not just ignorance but also elitism and racism.

Their interest, as ever, is in pushing the perception that Washington is dysfunctional.

It was negative, and very personal, and most of it was probably my own perception of things.

Here, as in so many of these childish admirations, we have to do not with a purely æsthetic perception.

Yet, if one looks closely, under the froth and foppery, some of the charm and perception of the man still shines through.

With children of finer perception the transition to a correct profile view may be carried much further.

Born on March 29, 1769, he early distinguished himself by his precocity and his quickness of perception.

Forcing himself to believe that he had been the victim of some kind of illusory perception, he vigorously restrained his feelings.

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