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proception

proception noun: according to the philosophy of Justus Buchler, the process of the development of a person's experience by the interaction of behaviour and the environment.

Noun

proception (uncountable)

  1. according to the philosophy of Justus Buchler, the process of the development of a person's experience by the interaction of behaviour and the environment.
  2. Sexual behaviour that leads to conception. The term “proceptivity” was introduced into general sexological use by Frank A. Beach in 1976

Questions about proception

What does proception mean?
Proception means according to the philosophy of Justus Buchler, the process of the development of a person's experience by the interaction of behaviour and the environment.
What part of speech is proception?
Proception is a noun.

Words near proception in the dictionary

  1. procentralization
  2. procentriolar
  3. procentriole
  4. procentrioles
  5. procephalic
  6. proception
  7. proceptive
  8. proceptively
  9. proceptivity
  10. proceratosaurid
  11. proceratosaurids

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