as in understanding
the knowledge gained from the process of coming to know or understand something
a novelist who reveals an exceptional percipience of human aspirations and desires
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Recent Examples of percipience
More recent events sent me back to the novel itself, and to a new respect for Lewis’ percipience about Americans’ vulnerability to the blandishments of political charlatans, and about his oracular vision of how a fascist takeover would unfold.
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Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2021
Jones has experience with a wide array of run-pass option plays as well, and his football percipience is highly regarded.
—Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 3 Apr. 2021
Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2021
Jones has experience with a wide array of run-pass option plays as well, and his football percipience is highly regarded.
—Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 3 Apr. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for percipience
Noun
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This understanding continues to emerge as researchers found another Eastern Han drum in a nearby grave in 1980.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Mar. 2026
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This Mercury-Mars team-up boosts your 9th House of Learning, potentially kickstarting plans to register for an educational course or book a trip that could expand your understanding.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
15 Mar. 2026
Noun
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And the appreciation alone doesn’t capture the full picture.—
Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
13 Mar. 2026
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Ike is 22 now, full of confidence and clear-eyed appreciation for his chances in life.—
Taylor Batten,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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But because genre storytelling already has to fight to be recognized as art, that perception can tip the scales in a close race.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
17 Mar. 2026
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That, in fact, is what makes the film original — its perception that for these girls, progressive anger is now inseparable from fashion.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Percipience.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/percipience. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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