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Noun perception has 5 senses
- percept, perception, perceptual experience - the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept
--1 is a kind of representation, mental representation, internal representation
--1 has parts: form, shape, pattern
--1 has particulars: figure; ground; visual percept, visual image
- perception - a way of conceiving something; "Luther had a new perception of the Bible"
--2 is a kind of conceptualization, conceptualisation, conceptuality
- perception - the process of perceiving
--3 is a kind of basic cognitive process
--3 has particulars: | | constancy; detection, sensing; visual perception, beholding, seeing; auditory perception, sound perception; sensation, sense experience, sense impression, sense datum; somesthesia, somaesthesia, somatesthesia, somatic sensation; touch, touch sensation, tactual sensation, tactile sensation, feeling |
- perception - knowledge gained by perceiving; "a man admired for the depth of his perception"
--4 is a kind of cognition, knowledge, noesis
--4 has particulars:
- sensing, perception - becoming aware of something via the senses
--5 is a kind of sensory activity
--5 has particulars:
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