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Synonyms for perceptions

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

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Définition 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
Example sentences :
  • 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

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