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Grammar : Noun
Spell : ap-er-sep-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˌæp ərˈsɛp ʃən



Definition of apperception

Origin :
  • 1753, from French aperception (17c.), from German Apperzeption (or Latin apperceptionem), coined by German mathematician and philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716) as noun corresponding to French apercevoir "perceive, notice, become aware of" (11c., from Latin ad "to" (see ad-) + percipere; see perceive) on analogy of Perzeption/percevoir.
  • As in mind : noun intelligence
  • As in recognition : noun identification, acknowledgment
  • As in sight : noun ability to perceive with eyes
  • As in understanding : noun comprehension, appreciation
  • As in comprehension : noun understanding
  • As in conception : noun understanding; idea
  • As in identification : noun labeling; means of labeling
Example sentences :
  • The line of use, by habit of apperception, becomes the line of beauty.
  • Extract from : « The Sense of Beauty » by George Santayana
  • Apperception, 96 et seq.Arabic inscriptions as ornament, 195.
  • Extract from : « The Sense of Beauty » by George Santayana
  • The "a priori unity of apperception" is an unreality compared with this reality.
  • Extract from : « The Complex Vision » by John Cowper Powys
  • And this requires a higher grade and greater facility of apperception.
  • Extract from : « Outlines of Educational Doctrine » by John Frederick Herbart
  • In this case the apperception is soon completed; it does not give enough to do.
  • Extract from : « Outlines of Educational Doctrine » by John Frederick Herbart
  • At the apperception of it she shrieked, ran to the window where she shrieked again.
  • Extract from : « The Monster » by Edgar Saltus
  • They start from the time-consciousness, not from apperception.
  • Extract from : « A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason' » by Norman Kemp Smith
  • That is why he names it the objective unity of apperception.
  • Extract from : « A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason' » by Norman Kemp Smith
  • He entered The Brain and went up in the elevator to Apperception 36.
  • Extract from : « The Brain » by Alexander Blade
  • You have similar equipment in your own Apperception Center we understand.
  • Extract from : « The Brain » by Alexander Blade

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