Antonyms for perception
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : per-sep-shuhn |
Phonetic Transcription : pərˈsɛp ʃən |
Definition of perception
Origin :- late 14c., "receiving, collection," from Latin perceptionem (nominative perceptio) "perception, apprehension, a taking," from percipere "perceive" (see perceive). First used in the more literal sense of the Latin word; in secondary sense, "the taking cognizance of," it is recorded in English from 1610s. Meaning "intuitive or direct recognition of some innate quality" is from 1827.
- noun understanding, idea
- But the perception of "how to do it" is precisely what most of us have been acquiring.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- "He did; but—" and Crane looked at Faust, with patient toleration of his lack of perception.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- He could detect a design upon it when nobody else had any perception of the fact.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- If it had a new meaning that smote him to the heart, the change was in his perception, not in her.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- The moment Charley's logical faculty was excited his perception was impartial.
- Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
- Out of which perception arise joy, admiration, and gratitude.
- Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume II (of V) » by John Ruskin
- Interest is the main factor in the development of perception and attention.
- Extract from : « Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle » by H. N. Brailsford
- Beyond that perception he did not seek to look and so he escaped discomfort.
- Extract from : « Cleo The Magnificent » by Louis Zangwill
- We are at one, he and I, in thinking that the infinite is beyond our perception.
- Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro
- Now he who knows perceives what he knows, and, as far as I can see at present, knowledge is perception.
- Extract from : « Theaetetus » by Plato
Synonyms for perception
- acumen
- apprehending
- apprehension
- approach
- attention
- attitude
- awareness
- big idea
- brain wave
- brainchild
- conceit
- concept
- conception
- consciousness
- discernment
- feeling
- flash
- grasp
- image
- impression
- insight
- intellection
- judgment
- knowledge
- light
- notion
- observation
- opinion
- perspicacity
- picture
- plan
- realizing
- recognition
- sagacity
- sensation
- sense
- study
- taste
- thought
- viewpoint
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