n. | 1. | 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. |
2. | (Metaph.) 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. | |
3. | The quality, state, or capability, of being affected by something external; sensation; sensibility. | |
4. | An idea; a notion. |
Noun | 1. | ![]() Synonyms: percept, perceptual experience |
2. | perception - a way of conceiving something; "Luther had a new perception of the Bible" | |
3. | perception - the process of perceiving | |
4. | perception - knowledge gained by perceiving; "a man admired for the depth of his perception" | |
5. | perception - becoming aware of something via the senses Synonyms: sensing |