percipiences

noun

plural of percipience
as in perceptions
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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  1. perceptions
  2. understandings
  3. appreciations
Noun
  • The data comes from the UNC Charlotte Urban Institute’s inaugural regional well-being survey, which asked adults across 14 counties about their finances, housing, communities and perceptions of their own lives.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The school has worked hard to knock down the bogeyman perceptions.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of perceptions
Noun
  • Advertisement Beneath their cultural differences, AI safety and cybersecurity have competing understandings of what AI is.
    — Harry Booth, Time, 20 Oct. 2026
  • China and the United States would be well advised to seek similar understandings to limit the AI arms race.
    — NIALL FERGUSON, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of understandings
Noun
  • As some national lands face uncertainty, five Post Opinions writers share appreciations of their favorites.
    — Washington Post Opinions, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Played on the show by Sarah Pidgeon, audiences on TikTok have gone into a frenzy with appreciations and tutorials showing how to style Besette staples like a white shirt, pencil skirt, and headband.
    — Valentina Bottoni, Vanity Fair, 13 Mar. 2026
Definition of appreciations
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“Percipiences.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/percipiences. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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