apperception
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Definition of apperception
1 : introspective self-consciousness
2 : mental perception especially : the process of understanding something perceived in terms of previous experience
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apperception
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Medical Definition of apperception
: mental perception especially : the process of understanding something perceived in terms of previous experience — compare assimilation sense 3
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