2 meanings
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1 —as in:
perception of injustice
Definition
a belief or opinion formed by viewing things a certain way- U.S. perception of this issue is very different than it is in China.
perception = a belief or opinion formed by viewing things a certain way
Other Uses (with this meaning)
- She said that sexual assault was a crime of perception.Jeannette Walls -- The Glass Castle
- There's a sense of sovereignty that comes from life on a mountain, a perception of privacy and isolation, even of dominion.Tara Westover -- Educated
- The point is, the brain talks to itself, and by talking to itself changes its perceptions.Susanna Kaysen -- Girl Interrupted
- If your perception is false, then your emotional response to it will be false too.William P. Young -- The Shack
- It was then I realized how cruelly I had judged her, how my perception of her had been distorted, because I'd been looking at her through my father's harsh lens.Tara Westover -- Educated
- To convince myself that there was some dignity in what I planned to do, in surrendering my own perceptions of right and wrong, of reality, of sanity itself, to earn the love of my parents.Tara Westover -- Educated
perception = a belief or opinion formed by viewing things a certain way
perception = a belief or opinion formed by viewing things a certain way
perceptions = beliefs or opinions formed by viewing things a certain way
perception = a belief or opinion formed by viewing things a certain way
perception = a belief or opinion formed by viewing things a certain way
perceptions = beliefs or opinions formed by viewing things a certain way
2 —as in:
perception of external stimuli
Definition
something that someone senses; or the act of sensing- The drug dulls sensory perception.
perception = the act of sensing (to see, hear, taste, touch, or smell)
Other Uses (with this meaning)
- Fanny had been everywhere awake to the difference of the country since February; but when they entered the Park her perceptions and her pleasures were of the keenest sort.Jane Austen -- Mansfield Park
- In the silence Lily had a clear perception of what was passing through his mind.Edith Wharton -- The House of Mirth
- Hume opposed all thoughts and ideas that could not be traced back to corresponding sense perceptions.Jostein Gaarder -- Sophie's World
- Dimly, from a nearly forgotten perception as blurred as the substance itself, Jonas recalled what the whiteness was.Lois Lowry -- The Giver
- At first, it was a sort of stupefaction; but every moment was quickening her perception of the horrible evil.Jane Austen -- Mansfield Park
- He felt himself overwhelmed with a new perception of the color he knew as red.Lois Lowry -- The Giver
perceptions = observations (of things sensed)
perception = sense (understanding)
perceptions = something sensed
perception = sense
perception = understanding
perception = sense