percept
A perceived object as it exists in the mind of someone perceiving itA perceived object as it exists in the mind of someone perceiving it; the mental impression that is the result of perceiving something.
» There is only one true gnosis: that I percept what I percept.
Es gibt nur eine einzige gesicherte Erkenntnis: Dass ich wahrnehme, was ich wahrnehme. — BraveSentry
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2 sensesA perceived object as it exists in the mind of someone perceiving it; the mental impression that is the result of perceiving something.
(archaic)Something perceived; the object of perception.
- the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept
Examples
1 sentencesThere is only one true gnosis: that I percept what I percept.
deEs gibt nur eine einzige gesicherte Erkenntnis: Dass ich wahrnehme, was ich wahrnehme. — BraveSentry
Origin
A learned borrowing, after concept, from Classical Latin perceptum (“a proposition, princiA learned borrowing, after concept, from Classical Latin perceptum (“a proposition, principle, general idea”), from the neuter of perceptus (“perceived”), the past participle of percipiō (“to perceive”); see perceive. Coined by the Scottish metaphysician Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet (1788–1856), in Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic, published posthumously in 1860 (see the quotation).
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Forms
plural: perceptsSynonyms
2 synonyms- the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept:perceptionperceptual experience
Word family
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