Perception
[pə'sepʃ(ə)n] or [pɚ'sɛpʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the process of perceiving.
(noun.) knowledge gained by perceiving; 'a man admired for the depth of his perception'.
(noun.) a way of conceiving something; 'Luther had a new perception of the Bible'.
Edited by Linda--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of perceiving; cognizance by the senses or intellect; apperhension by the bodily organs, or by the mind, of what is presented to them; discernment; apperhension; cognition.
(n.) The faculty of perceiving; the faculty, or peculiar part, of man's constitution by which he has knowledge through the medium or instrumentality of the bodily organs; the act of apperhending material objects or qualities through the senses; -- distinguished from conception.
(n.) The quality, state, or capability, of being affected by something external; sensation; sensibility.
(n.) An idea; a notion.
Edited by Clifford
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Seeing, discernment, sense, taste, sensation.[2]. Understanding, notion, idea, apprehension.
Typed by Duane
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Cognizance, apprehension, sight, understanding, discernment
ANT:Incognizance, ignorance, imperception, misapprehension, misunderstanding
Checked by Balder
Examples
- If it had a new meaning that smote him to the heart, the change was in his perception, not in her. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- But Coodle knew the danger, and Doodle knew the danger, and all their followers and hangers-on had the clearest possible perception of the danger. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The whole family were quick, brisk, loud-talking, kind-hearted, and not troubled with much delicacy of perception. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- But just this perception is lacking in many propagandists. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- He had an intuitive perception of Mr. Pickwick; he knew him at once. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Some dim perception of a great change dawned on my mind. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- When that was done, he awoke to a clear perception that Poll Parroting was solely chargeable with what had passed. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The charm which the spontaneity of little children has for sympathetic observers is due to perception of this intellectual originality. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- This evidently destroys the precedent reasoning concerning the cause of thought or perception. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- A proposal which, as you correctly informed me at the time, he had the becoming taste and perception, observes Sir Leicester, to decline. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- At first, it was a sort of stupefaction; but every moment was quickening her perception of the horrible evil. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- He could detect a design upon it when nobody else had any perception of the fact. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Madame Defarge looked at her scornfully, but still with something of Miss Pross's own perception that they two were at bay. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The very want of such equality might prevent his perception of it; but he must know that in fortune and consequence she was greatly his superior. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Every thing that enters the mind, being in reality a perception, it is impossible any thing should to feeling appear different. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Simple perceptions or impressions and ideas are such as admit of no distinction nor separation. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- For as to the notion of external existence, when taken for something specially different from our perceptions [Part. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- To us, the perceptions of sense are inseparable from the act of the mind which accompanies them. Plato. The Republic.
- Now as perceptions resolve themselves into two kinds, viz. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- But it does not lead to new perceptions of bearings and connections; it limits rather than widens the meaning-horizon. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Consequently no proposition can be intelligible or consistent with regard to objects, which is not so with regard to perceptions. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- She constantly evinced these nice perceptions and delicate instincts. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- But farther, what must become of all our particular perceptions upon this hypothesis? David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- It will first be proper to observe a few of those experiments, which convince us, that our perceptions are not possest of any independent existence. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- It is altogether too common to separate perceptions and even ideas from judgments. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- I was conscious of nothing but a painful intensity of all familiar perceptions. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- For what is the memory but a faculty, by which we raise up the images of past perceptions? David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- If not, the addition of other perceptions can never give you that notion. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Surely death is not death, and humanity is not extinct; but merely passed into other shapes, unsubjected to our perceptions. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- That is what gives understanding, and justifies the observation that the intuitions of scientific discovery and the artist's perceptions are closely related. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
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