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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Nonsensitive :: Nonsensitive (a.) Not sensitive; wanting sense or perception; not easily affected.
Ray :: Ray (n.) Sight; perception; vision; -- from an old theory of vision, that sight was something which proceeded from the eye to the object seen..
Reperception :: Reperception (n.) The act of perceiving again; a repeated perception of the same object.
Sight :: Sight (v. t.) The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view; as, to gain sight of land..
Blear :: Blear (v. t.) To make somewhat sore or watery, as the eyes; to dim, or blur, as the sight. Figuratively: To obscure (mental or moral perception); to blind; to hoodwink..
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..
Perceptivity :: Perceptivity (n.) The quality or state of being perceptive; power of perception.
Halo :: Halo (n.) An ideal glory investing, or affecting one's perception of, an object..
Conception :: Conception (n.) The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception.
View :: View (n.) Mental survey; intellectual perception or examination; as, a just view of the arguments or facts in a case..
Clear-headed :: Clear-headed (a.) Having a clear understanding; quick of perception; intelligent.
Cognizance :: Cognizance (n.) Apprehension by the understanding; perception; observation.
Intuition :: Intuition (n.) Direct apprehension or cognition; immediate knowledge, as in perception or consciousness; -- distinguished from mediate knowledge, as in reasoning; as, the mind knows by intuition that black is not white, that a circle is not a square, that three are more than two, etc.; quick or ready insight or apprehension..
Sense :: Sense (v. t.) Moral perception or appreciation.
Mistake :: Mistake (v. t.) To substitute in thought or perception; as, to mistake one person for another..
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..
Present :: Present (a.) To exhibit or offer to view or notice; to lay before one's perception or cognizance; to set forth; to present a fine appearance.
Sense :: Sense (v. t.) Perception by the sensory organs of the body; sensation; sensibility; feeling.
Sniff :: Sniff (n.) The act of sniffing; perception by sniffing; that which is taken by sniffing; as, a sniff of air..
Glimpse :: Glimpse (n.) A short, hurried view; a transitory or fragmentary perception; a quick sight..
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