perception definition

English perception definition

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pəˈsɛpʃn̩/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /pɚˈsɛpʃ(ə)n/

• Audio (GA)

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• Rhymes: -ɛpʃən
• Hyphenation: per‧cept‧ion

Noun

perception (countable and uncountable, plural perceptions)

1. The organisation, identification and interpretation of sensory information.
2. Conscious understanding of something.

   have perception of time

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.

Synonyms

• ken

Derived terms

Related terms

• perceive
• percept
• perceptual

Translations

Further reading

• “perception”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “perception”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• preception

French perception definition

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin perceptiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛʁ.sɛp.sjɔ̃/

• Audio

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Noun

perception f (plural perceptions)

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

Derived terms

• petite perception (philosophy)

Related terms

• percevoir

References

• “perception”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Further reading

• perception on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr