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apperception
[ ap-er-sep-shuhn ]
apperception
/ ˌæpəˈsɛpʃən /
noun
- the attainment of full awareness of a sensation or idea
- the act or process of apperceiving
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Derived Forms
- ˌapperˈceptive, adjective
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Other Words From
- apper·ceptive adjective
- apper·ceptive·ly adverb
- preap·per·ception noun
- unap·per·ceptive adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of apperception1
First recorded in 1745–55; from French or directly from New Latin (Leibnitz) apperceptiōn-, stem of apperceptiō. See ap- 1, perception
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Example Sentences
Burning or melting one’s own robot shell seems unproductive, but who are we to question the strategies of an android with a bulk apperception level of twenty?
From The New Yorker
With her bulk apperception still dialled up and her nihilism blossoming, Maeve indulges the urge to wreak havoc and get the hell out of Dodge.
From The New Yorker
This is a host with an “apperception” of 55.
From The Guardian
This feeling has been called by philosophers the apperception or consciousness of our own existence.
From Project Gutenberg
For our delicate machinery of apperception there is no longer right or wrong; vice and virtue are the acid and alkali of existence.
From Project Gutenberg
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