prehensions

noun

plural of prehension
as in perceptions

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  1. perceptions
  2. conceptions
  3. knowledges
  4. understandings
  5. apprehensions
Noun
  • The findings come as congressional Democrats circulate other polling on primary voters’ negative perceptions of crypto.
    — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • More serious and rare than postpartum depression, psychosis leads patients to struggle with their perceptions of reality.
    — Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of perceptions
Noun
  • Are such dichotomous conceptions of the novel mutually exclusive?
    — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 8 July 2026
  • The thread of citizen rights and responsibilities weaves through each of these, uniting evolving conceptions of freedom, self-government, and individual achievement from the nation’s past through to its present.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 4 July 2026
Definition of conceptions
Noun
  • Sometimes my collection of knowledges feels like rash splatters of matter floating with me.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
Definition of knowledges
Noun
  • But the industry’s significance to black history goes beyond economic understandings of racial uplift.
    — John Semley, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026
  • Two factors mistakenly confine popular understandings of the reparations debate in the United States.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 July 2026
Definition of understandings
Noun
  • In another operation the same month, agents discussed making 31 apprehensions.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
  • Fan apprehensions proved to be grounded when Belgium scored a third goal about 12 minutes into the second half.
    — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 7 July 2026
Definition of apprehensions
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