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Synonyms for perception

Grammar : Noun
Spell : per-sep-shuhn
Phonetic Transcription : pərˈsɛp ʃən

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Définition 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
Example sentences :
  • 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

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