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Perception synonyms
pər-sĕp'shən
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comprehension
The capacity for understanding ideas, facts, etc.
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  1. The capacity for understanding ideas, facts, etc.
  2. Understanding or knowledge that results from this
  3. Thorough understanding
understanding
A disposition to appreciate or share the feelings and thoughts of others; sympathy:
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  1. A disposition to appreciate or share the feelings and thoughts of others; sympathy:
  2. The power or ability to think, learn, judge, etc.; intelligence; sense
  3. (Countable) Reason or intelligence, ability to grasp the full meaning of knowledge, ability to infer.
apprehending
An act by which something is apprehended.
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  1. An act by which something is apprehended.
insight
The ability to see and understand clearly the inner nature of things, esp. by intuition
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  1. The ability to see and understand clearly the inner nature of things, esp. by intuition
  2. A clear understanding of the inner nature of some specific thing
  3. The ability to discern the true nature of a situation, especially by intuition.
knowledge
The state or fact of knowing:
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  1. The state or fact of knowing:
  2. An awareness of factual information. Includes actual knowledge (positive or definite), personal knowledge (based on one’s own observation), and constructive knowledge (based on other circumstances). An awareness of factual information. Includes actual knowledge (positive or definite), personal knowledge (based on one’s own observation), and constructive knowledge (based on other circumstances).
  3. (Archaic) Carnal knowledge
observation
The result or record of such an act or process:
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  1. The result or record of such an act or process:
  2. The act, practice, or power of noticing
  3. The act or practice of noting and recording facts and events, as for some scientific study
discernment
The ability to distinguish; judgement.
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  1. The ability to distinguish; judgement.
  2. Keenness of insight and judgment.
  3. The power of discerning; keen perception or judgment; insight; acumen
sagacity
The quality of being discerning, sound in judgment, and farsighted; wisdom.
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  1. The quality of being discerning, sound in judgment, and farsighted; wisdom.
awareness
The state or quality of being aware of something
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  1. The state or quality of being aware of something
  2. The state or level of consciousness where sense data can be confirmed by an observer.
cognizance
The right or power of dealing with a matter judicially; jurisdiction
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  1. The right or power of dealing with a matter judicially; jurisdiction
  2. Perception or knowledge; esp., the range of knowledge possible through observation
  3. Conscious knowledge or recognition; awareness.
consciousness
Alertness to or concern for a particular issue or situation:
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  1. Alertness to or concern for a particular issue or situation:
  2. Special awareness or sensitivity:
  3. A sense of one's personal or collective identity, including the attitudes, beliefs, and sensitivities held by or considered characteristic of an individual or group:
sense
A meaning that is conveyed, as in speech or writing; signification:
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  1. A meaning that is conveyed, as in speech or writing; signification:
  2. Judgment; consensus:
  3. A vague feeling or presentiment:
concept
A plan or original idea:
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  1. A plan or original idea:
  2. A central or unifying idea or theme
  3. An idea or thought, esp. a generalized idea of a thing or class of things; abstract notion
conception
The ability to form or understand mental concepts and abstractions:
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  1. The ability to form or understand mental concepts and abstractions:
  2. Something conceived in the mind or believed by a group of people; a concept, thought, or belief:
  3. An original idea, design, plan, etc.
idea
The gist or significance:
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  1. The gist or significance:
  2. A plan, purpose, or goal:
  3. A sense that something can happen; a notion or expectation:
image
Likeness; semblance:
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  1. Likeness; semblance:
  2. A person or thing very much like another; copy; counterpart; likeness
  3. A mental picture of something; conception; idea; impression
notion
A vague thought
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  1. A vague thought
  2. A mental image; an idea or conception:
  3. A mental image; general idea
thought
The intellectual activity or production of a particular time or group:
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  1. The intellectual activity or production of a particular time or group:
  2. The faculty of thinking or reasoning:
  3. A result of thinking; idea, concept, opinion, etc.
thoughts (related)
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    • When sight in one eye is affected, it can affect our depth perception.

    • The information was beyond valuable, and on a level that further altered Gabe's perception on Deidre.

    • Several experiments were tried, to determine positively whether or not she had any perception of sound.

    • The thought of a distinction between direct and indirect perception never dawned upon Collier.

    • Other and older plants give evidence of the same perception, though they do not respond all in the same way.

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