apperception

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

noun the process whereby perceived qualities of an object are related to past experience

Borrowed from French aperception (New Latin apperceptiō, used by Gottfried Leibniz (1646–1716)).

Of the Originally Synthetical Unity of Apperception. — The Critique of Pure Reason, Immanuel Kant
Taking only the broadest division, there are perception and apperception; that is, there are the conscious and the unconscious mirroring of reality. — Leibniz's New Essays Concerning the Human Understanding: A Critical Exposition, John Dewey
There are no preachers nor writers upon spiritual topics, whether in Europe or America, that have the depth of insight, the quickness of religious apperception, combined with the intellectual honesty and scientific clearness of Tagore.... — My Reminiscences, Rabindranath Tagore

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