imperception

[ im-per-sep-shuhn ]

noun

1. lack of perception.

Word History and Origins

Origin of imperception¹

First recorded in 1655–65; im- ² + perception

Example Sentences

But in her eyes even his imperception discovered a cloud.

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Father, I'm surprised at your gross imperception.

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A couple, or maybe, when irritated, three, were the most we ever set at a single enemy, and if we left him lying in a state of imperception, it was the most we ever did, except in a regular confliction, when a man is justified in saving his own skull by breaking one of an opposite faction.

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Antonym: imperception. perch, n. roost. perchance, adv. perhaps, peradventure, possibly, maybe. perchers, n. pl.

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Her imperception of his feeling was the very sublimity of maiden innocence if it were real; if not, well, the coquetry was no great sin.

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