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PERCEPTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Becoming aware of something via the senses
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("perception" is a kind of...):
sensory activity (activity intended to achieve a particular sensory result)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "perception"):
look; looking; looking at (the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually)
hearing; listening (the act of hearing attentively)
lipreading (perceiving what a person is saying by observing the movements of the lips)
taste; tasting (a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds)
smell; smelling (the act of perceiving the odor of something)
Derivation:
perceive (to become aware of through the senses)
perceptual (of or relating to the act of perceiving)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The process of perceiving
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("perception" is a kind of...):
basic cognitive process (cognitive processes involved in obtaining and storing knowledge)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "perception"):
feeling; tactile sensation; tactual sensation; touch; touch sensation (the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin)
somaesthesia; somatesthesia; somatic sensation; somesthesia (the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations)
aesthesis; esthesis; sensation; sense datum; sense experience; sense impression (an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation)
auditory perception; sound perception (the perception of sound as a meaningful phenomenon)
beholding; seeing; visual perception (perception by means of the eyes)
detection; sensing (the perception that something has occurred or some state exists)
constancy; perceptual constancy ((psychology) the tendency for perceived objects to give rise to very similar perceptual experiences in spite of wide variations in the conditions of observation)
Derivation:
perceive (become conscious of)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Knowledge gained by perceiving
Example:
a man admired for the depth of his perception
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("perception" is a kind of...):
cognition; knowledge; noesis (the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "perception"):
discernment; perceptiveness (perception of that which is obscure)
insight; penetration (clear or deep perception of a situation)
cognizance (range or scope of what is perceived)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A way of conceiving something
Example:
Luther had a new perception of the Bible
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("perception" is a kind of...):
conceptualisation; conceptuality; conceptualization (an elaborated concept)
Sense 5
Meaning:
The representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept
Synonyms:
percept; perception; perceptual experience
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("perception" is a kind of...):
internal representation; mental representation; representation (a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image)
Meronyms (parts of "perception"):
form; pattern; shape (a perceptual structure)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "perception"):
figure (a unitary percept having structure and coherence that is the object of attention and that stands out against a ground)
ground (a relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the figure on which attention is focused)
visual image; visual percept (a percept that arises from the eyes; an image in the visual system)
Context examples:
A disorder characterized by the acute and sudden development of changes in attention, memory, language and/or perception that can be etiologically linked to the direct physiological consequences of a general medical condition.
(Delirium Due to a General Medical Condition, NCI Thesaurus)
The perception of flashes of light.
(Photopsia, NCI Thesaurus)
His perception of the striking improvement of Harriet's manner, since her introduction at Hartfield, was not one of the least agreeable proofs of his growing attachment.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
At first, it was a sort of stupefaction; but every moment was quickening her perception of the horrible evil.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
The molecular events that lead to the perception of pain are a key research field in medicine and drug discovery.
(Pain Repression Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
Mrs Smith would hardly have believed so soon in Mr Elliot's failure, but from the perception of there being a somebody else.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
The examination of the cognitive capacities or deficits of an individual through the application of tests that probe that individual's ability to perform various mental activities such as perception, learning, and reasoning.
(Cognitive Assessment, NCI Thesaurus)
A group of disorders affecting the development of movement and posture, often accompanied by disturbances of sensation, perception, cognition, and behavior.
(Cerebral Palsy, NCI Thesaurus)
Studies of the interactions between mind and physiology in relation to hearing perception.
(Auditory Psychophysics, NCI Thesaurus)
A disorder characterized by visual perception of unclear or fuzzy images.
(Blurred Vision, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)
