Synonyms for perception
pərˈsɛp ʃənper·cep·tion

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1. perception

   Knowledge is all that the mind knows, from whatever source derived or obtained, or by whatever process; the aggregate of facts, truths, or principles acquired or retained by the mind, including alike the intuitions native to the mind and all that has been learned respecting phenomena, causes, laws, principles, literature, etc. There is a tendency to regard knowledge as accurate and systematic, and to a certain degree complete. Information is knowledge of fact, real or supposed, derived from persons, books, or observation, and is regarded as casual and haphazard. We say of a studious man that he has a great store of knowledge, or of an intelligent man of the world, that he has a fund of varied information. Lore is used only in poetic or elevated style, for accumulated knowledge, as of a people or age, or in a more limited sense for learning or erudition. We speak of perception of external objects, apprehension of intellectual truth. Simple perception gives a limited knowledge of external objects, merely as such; the cognition of the same objects is a knowledge of them in some relation; cognizance is the formal or official recognition of something as an object of knowledge; we take cognizance of it. Intuition is primary knowledge antecedent to all teaching or reasoning, experience is knowledge that has entered directly into one's own life; as, a child's experience that fire will burn. Learning is much higher than information, being preeminently wide and systematic knowledge, the result of long, assiduous study; erudition is recondite learning secured only by extraordinary industry, opportunity, and ability. Compare ACQUAINTANCE; EDUCATION; SCIENCE; WISDOM.

   Synonyms:
   acquaintance, apprehension, cognition, cognizance, comprehension, erudition, experience, information, intelligence, intuition, knowledge, learning, light, lore, recognition, scholarship, science, wisdom

   Antonyms:
   ignorance, illiteracy, inexperience, misapprehension, misconception, misunderstanding, rudeness, unfamiliarity

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1. perception

   Synonyms:
   cognizance, apprehension, sight, understanding, discernment

   Antonyms:
   incognizance, ignorance, imperception, misapprehension, misunderstanding

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:4.0 / 2 votes

1. percept, perception, perceptual experiencenoun

   the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept

   Synonyms:
   percept, perceptual experience, sensing

2. perceptionnoun

   a way of conceiving something

   "Luther had a new perception of the Bible"

   Synonyms:
   percept, sensing, perceptual experience

3. perceptionnoun

   the process of perceiving

   Synonyms:
   percept, sensing, perceptual experience

4. perceptionnoun

   knowledge gained by perceiving

   "a man admired for the depth of his perception"

   Synonyms:
   percept, sensing, perceptual experience

5. sensing, perceptionnoun

   becoming aware of something via the senses

   Synonyms:
   percept, perceptual experience, detection, sensing

Matched Categories

1. • Basic Cognitive Process
   • Cognition
   • Conceptualization
   • Representation
   • Sensory Activity

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1. perceptionnoun

   Synonyms:
   seeing, discernment, sense, taste, sensation

2. perceptionnoun

   Synonyms:
   understanding, notion, idea, apprehension

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1. perceptionnoun

   Synonyms:
   cognizance, discernment, sensation, feeling

   Antonyms:
   imperception

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1. List of paraphrases for "perception":

   perceptions, collection, impression, perceived, levying, perceptual, feeling, idea, sense, printing, collecting, view, understanding, image, concept, insight, print, vision

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How to use perception in a sentence?

1. Hisham Zaazou:

   I act as if there's a problem. I act because the world sees things from a specific angle. We say perception is reality so I deal with this perception, we have had problems since 30 years but the arrow of tourism has always pointed upwards ... This proves the industry is resilient.

2. Brian Johnston:

   Anyone who eats one of these products — especially a child — can experience overdose effects such as intoxication, altered perception, anxiety, panic, paranoia, dizziness, weakness, slurred speech, poor coordination, or even breathing and heart problems.

3. Michael Bjorn:

   Half of all the smartphone users we talked to believe that internal sensors will give updates on their health and well-being in only three years, it’s a bit like wearables, but internal sensors in our bodies will be the new wearables. It doesn’t even stop there, he added. When you start asking questions about this, you realize eight out of 10 smartphone owners would like to augment things like sensory perception and cognitive ability with technology. So you have interest in things like vision, memory and hearing and, to me, that is quite surprising.

4. Sergey Lavrov:

   We have serious differences in the assessment of the international situation, we have serious differences in the approaches to the tasks which have to be solved for its normalization, our position is very simple: We are ready to discuss all the issues without exception, but under perception that the discussion will be honest, with the facts on the table, and of course on the basis of mutual respect.

5. Debasish Mridha, M.D.:

   Happiness is not in wealth or splendor, but in passion, perception, and pursuit.