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perceptions

/pɚˈsɛpʃənz/

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What does perceptions mean?

noun

  1. plural of perception

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/pɚˈsɛpʃənz/

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It is just like man’s vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.
Mark TwainWhat Is Man? and Other EssaysProject Gutenberg ebook #70
“Certainly. I have been damnably stupid. Is n’t an artist supposed to be a man of perceptions? I am hugely disgusted.”
Henry JamesRoderick HudsonProject Gutenberg ebook #176
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A year ago they were very well in our eyes, but since then our tastes have been etherealized, our perceptions exalted.
Arthur Sullivan; W. S. (William Schwenck) GilbertThe Complete Plays of Gilbert and SullivanProject Gutenberg ebook #808
Our perceptions of location and their value would be very different if we had to testify concerning relations of places, in court.
Hans GrossCriminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and StudentsTranslated by Horace Meyer KallenProject Gutenberg ebook #1320
But our perceptions must work in causes, not at all in effects, except as they lead us to a knowledge of causes.
Annie Payson CallPower Through ReposeProject Gutenberg ebook #4337