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perception - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'perception' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Perception [ 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.
- 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.

Meaning of 'perception' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . perception [ n]
Meaning (1):
- knowledge gained by perceiving
Example in sentence:
  • a man admired for the depth of his perception
Meaning (2):
- a way of conceiving something
Example in sentence:
  • Luther had a new perception of the Bible