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perceptional Definition


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perception
noun
    1. psychol.
      The process whereby information about one's environment, received by the senses, is organized and interpreted so that it becomes meaningful.
      Thesaurus: realizing, understanding, awareness, recognition.
    2. One's powers of observation; discernment; insight.
      Thesaurus: acumen, judgement, discernment, perspicacity, insight, sagacity, sense, taste.
    3. One's view or interpretation of something.
      Thesaurus: opinion, viewpoint, thought, observation, insight,idea, sense, notion.
    4. bot.
      Response to a stimulus, eg chemical or caused by light.
Derivative: perceptional
adj
    Etymology: 17c: from Latin percipere to perceive.



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