apperception
/ˌæpəˈsɛpʃən//ˌæpɚˈsɛpʃən/
apperception noun: the mind's perception of itself as the subject or actor in its own states, unifying past and present experiences; self-consciousness, perception that reflects upon itself.
Noun
apperception (countable and uncountable, plural apperceptions)
- The mind's perception of itself as the subject or actor in its own states, unifying past and present experiences; self-consciousness, perception that reflects upon itself.
- Psychological or mental perception; recognition.
- Conception is... the simplest act of thinking; it is the apprehension of the universal, as perception is the apperception of the particular.1887, John Dewey, Psychology
- For as she smiled I was gifted a glimpse past the apperception of an anonymous spherical quantity of human flesh; and into the individual.2009, Adam Roberts, Yellow Blue Tibia
- The general process or a particular act of mental assimilation of new experience into the totality of one's past experience.
apperception meaning in Tamil
apperception in Tamil
- அறிவொடு புணர்தல், மனத்தில் தன்னுணர்வு, உள்நோக்கு, உட்புலன் உணர்ச்சி, புலன் உணர்வு, முன்னறிவோடு புணர்த்தல்
Forms of apperception
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Origin of apperception
Borrowed from French aperception (New Latin apperceptiō, used by Gottfried Leibniz (1646–1716)).
Questions about apperception
- What does apperception mean?
- Apperception means the mind's perception of itself as the subject or actor in its own states, unifying past and present experiences; self-consciousness, perception that reflects upon itself.
- What is apperception in Tamil?
- Apperception in Tamil is அறிவொடு புணர்தல், மனத்தில் தன்னுணர்வு, உள்நோக்கு. See Apperception meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is apperception?
- Apperception is a noun.
- How do you pronounce apperception?
- Apperception is pronounced /ˌæpəˈsɛpʃən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of apperception?
- The plural of apperception is apperceptions.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: apperception (page history and authors); apperception (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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