Antonyms for percipient


Grammar : Adj
Spell : per-sip-ee-uh nt
Phonetic Transcription : pərˈsɪp i ənt


Definition of percipient

Origin :
  • 1690s, from Latin percipientem, present participle of percipere (see perceive). Earlier in English as a noun, "one who perceives" (1660s).
  • As in knowing : adj experienced, aware
  • As in perceptive : adj alert, sensitive
  • As in perspicacious : adj observant, perceptive
  • As in reasonable : adj intelligent, practical
  • As in perceivable : adj observable
  • As in conscious : adj alert, awake
  • As in conversant : adj experienced, familiar with
  • As in discerning : adj discriminating
Example sentences :
  • A private lady, Miss M. Telbin, acted as percipient, and I acted as agent.
  • Extract from : « Telepathy » by W. W. Baggally
  • These sets have to be learned by heart by the agent and the percipient.
  • Extract from : « Telepathy » by W. W. Baggally
  • Two or three days afterwards, the percipient happened to be in a tram.
  • Extract from : « Metapsychical Phenomena » by J. Maxwell
  • Appears to possess a duality of cognitions, of percepts and of percipient.
  • Extract from : « The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha » by Madhava Acharya
  • Then it is not to be doubted that it is characterised as percipient and percept.
  • Extract from : « The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha » by Madhava Acharya
  • It was the experience of a child—it is reported by the percipient herself.
  • Extract from : « Telepathy and the Subliminal Self » by R. Osgood Mason
  • Nor is it percipient existence; for brutes share in this power.
  • Extract from : « Dante. An essay. » by R. W. Church
  • All things exist as they are perceived; at least in relation to the percipient.
  • Extract from : « English Critical Essays » by Various
  • Can we discover any condition of the percipient which is common to all?
  • Extract from : « Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death » by Frederick W. H. Myers
  • The figure, that is to say, was adapted to the percipient's environment.
  • Extract from : « Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death » by Frederick W. H. Myers

Synonyms for percipient

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