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perceptives

perceptives is the plural of perceptive.

Meaning of perceptive

Noun

perceptive (plural perceptives)

  1. A supposed organ of the brain, dealing with concrete observations of reality.
    • Then why not subdivide the reflectives and perceptives into distinct organs having special relations to external objects, as well as divide the intellect into a reflective and a perceptive portion?1872, The Phrenological Journal and Life Illustrated, page 13

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Questions about perceptives

What is perceptives the plural of?
Perceptives is the plural of perceptive.

Words near perceptives in the dictionary

  1. perceptionists
  2. perceptions
  3. perceptive
  4. perceptively
  5. perceptiveness
  6. perceptives
  7. perceptivities
  8. perceptivity
  9. perceptomotor
  10. perceptor
  11. perceptors

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