Definition of perception

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Perception (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..

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Snuff :: Snuff (n.) The act of snuffing; perception by snuffing; a sniff.
View :: View (n.) Mental survey; intellectual perception or examination; as, a just view of the arguments or facts in a case..
Realism :: Realism (n.) As opposed to idealism, the doctrine that in sense perception there is an immediate cognition of the external object, and our knowledge of it is not mediate and representative..
Feel :: Feel (v. i.) To have perception by the touch, or by contact of anything with the nerves of sensation, especially those upon the surface of the body..
Light :: Light (n.) The power of perception by vision.
Flavor :: Flavor (n.) That which imparts to anything a peculiar odor or taste, gratifying to the sense of smell, or the nicer perceptions of the palate; a substance which flavors..
Dimness :: Dimness (n.) Dullness, or want of clearness, of vision or of intellectual perception..
Presension :: Presension (n.) Previous perception.
Externalism :: Externalism (n.) That philosophy or doctrine which recognizes or deals only with externals, or objects of sense perception; positivism; phenomenalism..
Percipient :: Percipient (a.) Having the faculty of perception; perceiving; as, a percipient being..
Sensual :: Sensual (a.) Pertaining to, consisting in, or affecting, the sense, or bodily organs of perception; relating to, or concerning, the body, in distinction from the spirit..
Consciousness :: Consciousness (n.) Immediate knowledge or perception of the presence of any object, state, or sensation. See the Note under Attention..
Insentiment :: Insentiment (a.) Not sentient; not having perception, or the power of perception..
Percipiency :: Percipiency (n.) The faculty, act or power of perceiving; perception..
Acuteness :: Acuteness (n.) The faculty of nice discernment or perception; acumen; keenness; sharpness; sensitiveness; -- applied to the senses, or the understanding. By acuteness of feeling, we perceive small objects or slight impressions: by acuteness of intellect, we discern nice distinctions..
Sagacious :: Sagacious (a.) Hence, of quick intellectual perceptions; of keen penetration and judgment; discerning and judicious; knowing; far-sighted; shrewd; sage; wise; as, a sagacious man; a sagacious remark..
Resentingly :: Resentingly (adv.) With deep sense or strong perception.
Ear :: Ear (n.) The sense of hearing; the perception of sounds; the power of discriminating between different tones; as, a nice ear for music; -- in the singular only..
Exquisite :: Exquisite (a.) Of delicate perception or close and accurate discrimination; not easy to satisfy; exact; nice; fastidious; as, exquisite judgment, taste, or discernment..
Sense :: Sense (v. t.) Perception through the intellect; apprehension; recognition; understanding; discernment; appreciation.
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