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per⋅cep⋅tion

  [per-sep-shuhn]
–noun
1. the act or faculty of apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding.
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.
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Origin:
1350–1400; ME percepcioun (< OF percepcïon) < L perceptiōn- (s. of perceptiō) comprehension, lit., a taking in. See percept, -ion

Related forms:
per⋅cep⋅tion⋅al, adjective

Synonyms:
1. awareness, sense, recognition.
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per·cep·tion   (pər-sěp'shən)   
n.  

  1. The process, act, or faculty of perceiving.

  2. The effect or product of perceiving.

  3. Psychology

    1. Recognition and interpretation of sensory stimuli based chiefly on memory.

    2. The neurological processes by which such recognition and interpretation are effected.

    3. Insight, intuition, or knowledge gained by perceiving.

    4. The capacity for such insight.

    1. Insight, intuition, or knowledge gained by perceiving.

    2. The capacity for such insight.


[Middle English percepcioun, from Old French percepcion, from Latin perceptiō, perceptiōn-, from perceptus, past participle of percipere, to perceive; see perceive.]
per·cep'tion·al adj.
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Word Origin & History

perception 
1483, "receiving, collection," from L. perceptionem (nom. perceptio) "perception, apprehension, a taking," from percipere "perceive" (see perceive). First used in the more literal sense of the L. word; in secondary sense, "the taking cognizance of," it is recorded in Eng. from 1611. Meaning "intuitive or direct recognition of some innate quality" is from 1827.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: per·cep·tion
Pronunciation: p&r-'sep-sh&n
Function: noun
: awareness of the elements of environment through physicalsensation perception> perception of the extremity after amputation is felt by 98% of patients —Orthopedics & Traumatic Surgery>—compare SENSATION 1a
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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perception per·cep·tion (pər-sěp'shən)
n.

  1. The process, act, or faculty of perceiving.

  2. Recognition and interpretation of sensory stimuli based chiefly on memory.

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