ap|per|cep|tion

ap|per|cep|tion
ap|per|cep|tion «AP uhr SEHP shuhn», noun.
1. clear perception; full understanding.
2. Psychology, Rare. the assimilation of a new perception by means of a mass of ideas already in the mind.
[< French aperception < New Latin apperceptio, -onis (coined by the German philosopher Leibniz)]

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