perception

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French perception, from Latin perceptiō (“a receiving or collecting, perception, comprehension”), from perceptus (“perceived, observed”), perfect passive participle of percipiō (“I perceive, observe”); see perceive.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /pəˈsɛpʃ(ə)n/
  • (US) IPA(key): /pɚˈsɛpʃ(ə)n/
  • Audio (US)(file)

Noun

perception (countable and uncountable, plural perceptions)

  1. Organization, identification, and interpretation of sensory information.
  2. Conscious understanding of something.
  3. Vision (ability)
  4. Acuity
  5. (cognition) That which is detected by the five senses; not necessarily understood (imagine looking through fog, trying to understand if you see a small dog or a cat); also that which is detected within consciousness as a thought, intuition, deduction, etc.

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Further reading

  • perception in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • perception in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin perceptiō, perceptiōnem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɛʁsɛpsjɔ̃/

Noun

perception f (plural perceptions)

  1. tax collection
  2. perception (clarification of this definition is needed)

Derived terms

  • petite perception (philosophy)

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