Antonyms for perceptions
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : per-sep-shuhn |
Phonetic Transcription : pərˈsɛp ʃən |
Definition of perceptions
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
- Allis Porter's perceptions had been developed to an extraordinary degree.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- We may observe a like distinction to run through all the other perceptions of the mind.
- Extract from : « An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding » by David Hume
- It is in the union of these two perceptions that his resemblance to Michael Angelo lies.
- Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore
- But we lose the perceptions before we are capable of methodizing or comparing them.
- Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume II (of V) » by John Ruskin
- The perceptions of a public are as subtly-sighted as its passions are blind.
- Extract from : « The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 » by Various
- To us, the perceptions of sense are inseparable from the act of the mind which accompanies them.
- Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
- The nature of these revelations is the same; they are perceptions of the absolute law.
- Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- The gods also mingled natures akin to that of man with other forms and perceptions.
- Extract from : « Timaeus » by Plato
- Diana laughed, and again he was stung by her contempt of his perceptions.
- Extract from : « Mistress Wilding » by Rafael Sabatini
- Remember that a man can only see with his own eyes, that he can only judge from his own perceptions.
- Extract from : « The Missionary » by George Griffith
Synonyms for perceptions
- 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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