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reperception

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per⋅cep⋅tion

  [per-sep-shuhn]
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–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.
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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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
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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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