per|cep|tion

per|cep|tion
per|cep|tion «puhr SEHP shuhn», noun.
1. the act of perceiving: »

His perception of the change came in a flash.

SYNONYM(S): insight, apprehension, discernment, comprehension.
2. the power of perceiving: »

a keen perception. Defect in manners is usually the defect of fine perceptions (Emerson).

3. understanding that is the result of perceiving; percept: »

He had a clear perception of what was wrong, and soon fixed it.

4. Psychology. the study of the complex process by which patterns of environmental energies become known as objects, events, people, and other aspects of the world.
╂[< Latin perceptiō, -ōnis < percipere perceive]

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  • 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… …   Useful english dictionary

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  • self-per·cep·tion — /ˌsɛlfpɚˈsɛpʃən/ noun, pl tions [count, noncount] : the idea that you have about the kind of person you are People s self perceptions are often very different from the way other people perceive them …   Useful english dictionary

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