perception
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(noun) the process of perceiving |
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Related Words: auditory perception, basic cognitive process, beholding, constancy, detection, feeling, seeing, sensation, sense datum, sense experience, sense impression, sensing, somaesthesia, somatesthesia, somatic sensation, somesthesia, sound perception, tactile sensation, tactual sensation, touch, touch sensation, visual perception |
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(noun) knowledge gained by perceiving; "a man admired for the depth of his perception" |
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Related Words: cognition, cognizance, discernment, insight, knowledge, penetration, perceptiveness |
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(noun) a way of conceiving something; "Luther had a new perception of the Bible" |
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Related Words: conceptuality, conceptualization |
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(noun) the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept |
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Synonyms: percept, perceptual experience |
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Related Words: figure, ground, internal representation, mental representation, representation, visual image, visual percept |
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(noun) becoming aware of something via the senses |
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Synonyms: perceiving, sensing |
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Related Words: hearing, lipreading, listening, look, looking, looking at, sensory activity, smell, smelling, taste, tasting |
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