the act or the effect of perceiving insight or intuition gained by perceiving the ability or capacity to perceive way of perceiving; awareness or consciousness; view: advertising affects the customer's perception of a product the process by which an organism detects and interprets information from the external world by means of the sensory receptors
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per•cep•tion /pɚˈsɛpʃən/USA pronunciation
n.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- the act or ability of perceiving: [uncountable]my perception of her hostility;demonstrated keen perception in their ability to solve problems;depth perception. [countable] Perceptions change when you get to know people better.
per•cep•tion
(pər sep′shən),USA pronunciation n.
per•cep′tion•al, adj.
- the act or faculty of apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind;
cognition;
understanding. - immediate or intuitive recognition or appreciation, as of moral, psychological, or aesthetic qualities;
insight;
intuition;
discernment:an artist of rare perception. - the result or product of perceiving, as distinguished from the act of perceiving;
percept. - Psychologya single unified awareness derived from sensory processes while a stimulus is present.
- Lawthe taking into possession of rents, crops, profits, etc.
- Latin perceptiōn- (stem of perceptiō) comprehension, literally, a taking in. See percept, -ion
- Old French percepcïon)
- Middle English percepcioun (1350–1400
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged awareness, sense, recognition.
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