percipience

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Scrabble points
19
Words With Friends
24
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/pəˈsɪp.i.əns/
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/pəˈsɪp.i.əns/ · /pɚˈsɪp.i.əns/

Definition of percipience

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable, usually)perception
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noun

  1. (uncountable, usually)perception
  2. (uncountable, usually)The state or condition of being highly perceptive, as if in an almost hypnotic or telepathic state.
    “She lay in a state of percipience without volition, and the rustle of the straw and the cutting of the ears by the others had the weight of bodily touches.”
    “Percipience is sometimes increased, with individuals observing that they are more astute in judging people, in seeing patterns in data, or in reading “micro-expressions of people” and nonverbal interpersonal nuances (e.g., “I think everyone is a lot happier,” “I judge people’s body language more accurately”).”

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Etymology

From percipient, itself from the Latin percipiens, the past participle of percipere (“to perceive”).

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