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APPERCEPTION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does apperception mean?
• APPERCEPTION (noun)
The noun APPERCEPTION has 1 sense:
1. the process whereby perceived qualities of an object are related to past experience
Familiarity information: APPERCEPTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The process whereby perceived qualities of an object are related to past experience
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("apperception" is a kind of...):
basic cognitive process (cognitive processes involved in obtaining and storing knowledge)
Derivation:
apperceive (perceive in terms of a past experience)
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