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Etymology
From percipient, itself from the percipiens, the past participle of percipere 'to perceive'Pronunciation
Noun
- perception
- The state or condition of being highly perceptive, as if in an
almost hypnotic or
telepathic state.
- 1891 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. — Thomas Hardy, ''Tess of the d'Urbervilles.''