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nonperception

nonperception noun: absence of perception; not perceiving something.

Noun

nonperception (uncountable)

  1. Absence of perception; not perceiving something.
    • To avoid this and similar problems, the Vedantins regard nonperception to be the means of cognizing an absence.2000, Jitendranath Mohanty, Classical Indian philosophy

Origin of nonperception

From non- + perception.

Questions about nonperception

What does nonperception mean?
Nonperception means absence of perception; not perceiving something.
What part of speech is nonperception?
Nonperception is a noun.

Words near nonperception in the dictionary

  1. nonpeptidomimetic
  2. nonpeptidyl
  3. nonperceived
  4. nonperceiving
  5. nonperceptible
  6. nonperception
  7. nonperceptive
  8. nonperceptual
  9. nonperching
  10. nonpercolative
  11. nonpercussive

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