Definition of
Perception
- (noun, act) becoming aware of something via the senses
- (noun, cognition) the process of perceiving
- (noun, cognition) knowledge gained by perceiving
- (noun, cognition) a way of conceiving something
- (noun, cognition) the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept
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Synonyms of Perception
Alternate forms of Perception
Derivations: perceive, perceptual
Hyponyms: aesthesis, auditory perception, beholding, cognizance, constancy, detection, discernment, esthesis, feeling, figure, ground, hearing, insight, lipreading, listening, look, looking, looking at, penetration, perceptiveness, perceptual constancy, seeing, sensation, sense datum, sense experience, sense impression, sensing, smell, smelling, somaesthesia, somatesthesia, somatic sensation, somesthesia, sound perception, tactile sensation, tactual sensation, taste, tasting, touch, touch sensation, visual image, visual percept, visual perception
Hypernyms: basic cognitive process, cognition, conceptualisation, conceptuality, conceptualization, internal representation, knowledge, mental representation, noesis, representation, sensory activity
Origin of the word Perception
- late 15c., "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 English from 1610s. Meaning "intuitive or direct recognition of some innate quality" i… more
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