Perception
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: /pəˈsɛpʃ(ə)n/
- US IPA: /pɚˈsɛpʃ(ə)n/
Origin
From French perception, from Latin perceptio ("a receiving or collecting, perception, comprehension"), from percipere, past participle perceptus ("to obtain, perceive"); see perceive.
Full definition of perception
Noun
perception
(plural perceptions)- Organization, identification, and interpretation of sensory information.
- Conscious understanding of something.
- Vision (ability)
- Acuity
- (cognition) That which is detected by the five senses; not necessarily understood (imagine looking through fog, trying to understand if you see a small dog or a cat); also that which is detected within consciousness as a thought, intuition, deduction, etc.