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

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Définition of apperceptive

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 sentient : adj conscious
  • As in conscious : adj alert, awake
Example sentences :
  • Nature, its organization the source of apperceptive forms, 152 et seq.
  • Extract from : « The Sense of Beauty » by George Santayana
  • It is, in modern terms, an apperceptive basis for all instruction.
  • Extract from : « Outlines of Educational Doctrine » by John Frederick Herbart
  • Indefiniteness in the apperceptive masses results in the even movement of apperception.
  • Extract from : « Criminal Psychology » by Hans Gross
  • The "apperceptive mass" is really the "character" or "human nature" of the individual.
  • Extract from : « The Psychology of Salesmanship » by William Walker Atkinson
  • The apperceptive expectancy, practically nil in the reading of nonsense material, must be decidedly deficient in all poor reading.
  • Extract from : « The Measurement of Intelligence » by Lewis Madison Terman
  • It is the synthetic, or apperceptive, activity of the mind that gives the “seven-league boots” to genius.
  • Extract from : « The Measurement of Intelligence » by Lewis Madison Terman
  • Dewey realizes that his act of intelligence is similar to Kant's 'apperceptive unity.'
  • Extract from : « John Dewey's logical theory » by Delton Thomas Howard
  • The first curiosity may be called objective, or sensuous, the second subjective, or apperceptive.
  • Extract from : « Ontario Normal School Manuals: Science of Education » by Ontario Ministry of Education
  • The interests and needs of the individual reflect themselves largely in his apperceptive tendencies.
  • Extract from : « Ontario Normal School Manuals: Science of Education » by Ontario Ministry of Education
  • Feelings and interest, therefore, as well as knowledge, dominate the apperceptive process.
  • Extract from : « Ontario Normal School Manuals: Science of Education » by Ontario Ministry of Education

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