APPERCEPTION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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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