perception

English

/pəˈsɛpʃ(ə)n/, /pɚˈsɛpʃ(ə)n/

noun
Definitions
  • The organisation, 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.

Etymology

Borrowed from French perception derived from Latin perceptiō (comprehension, perception, a receiving collecting) root from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (seize, grasp, take, catch, grab, stick to, hold).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*keh₂p-

Gloss

seize, grasp, take, catch, grab, stick to, hold

Concept
Semantic Field

Possession

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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