perception

Noun

Meaning

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.

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.

The quality, state, or capability, of being affected by something external; sensation; sensibility.

An idea; a notion.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

sense understanding opinion recognition observation feeling consciousness judgment insight realization grasp intuition sensing comprehension cognition
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Antonyms

sandman abracadabra fact basis nappy reality
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Hypernyms

knowledge representation cognition conceptualization conceptualisation noesis

Hyponyms

ground beholding look figure looking hearing

Related terms

perceive percept perceptual

Phrases with the word

Self-perception doors of perception taste perception touch perception public perception double image perception

Anagrams

preception

Examples

a man admired for the depth of his perception Source: Internet

Luther had a new perception of the Bible Source: Internet

According to John Powers and Meg Y. M. Lee, because the Falun Gong was categorized in the popular perception as an "apolitical, qigong exercise club," it was not seen as a threat to the government. Source: Internet

Above all, motion perception is developed, and stationary objects are not well perceived. Source: Internet

According to actor Richa Chadha, films have the power to change perception. Source: Internet

According to Merleau-Ponty, perception has an active dimension, in that it is a primordial openness to the lifeworld (to the "Lebenswelt"). Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

perceptibleness perceptibly perceptic perception management perception of the position in life perceptional