apperception

noun

ap·​per·​cep·​tion ˌa-pər-ˈsep-shən 

1

: introspective self-consciousness

2

: mental perception

especially : the process of understanding something perceived in terms of previous experience

apperceptive

ˌa-pər-ˈsep-tiv 

adjective

Examples of apperception in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Somehow, surely, given the importance of the personages, word got out about the Laffer curve meeting, and the markets, in their remarkable pan-human powers of apperception, digested that changes in the tax-rate cut direction were bound to happen. —Brian Domitrovic, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024

Word History

Etymology

French aperception, from apercevoir, from Middle French aperceivre, from a- (from Latin ad-) + perceivre to perceive

First Known Use

1753, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing apperception

• thematic apperception test

Rhymes for apperception

• contraception
• interception
• misconception
• misperception
• preconception
• conception
• deception
• exception
• inception
• perception
• reception
• intussusception

Medical Definition

apperception

noun

ap·​per·​cep·​tion -ˈsep-shən 

: mental perception

especially : the process of understanding something perceived in terms of previous experience compare assimilation sense 3

apperceptive

-ˈsep-tiv 

adjective