apperception
Pronunciation: /ˌæpəˈsɛpʃən/
The English word “apperception” has 3 meanings listed here.
noun
- The mind's perception of itself as the subject or actor in its own states, unifying past and present experiences; self-consciousness, perception that reflects upon itself.
- Psychological or mental perception; recognition.
- The general process or a particular act of mental assimilation of new experience into the totality of one's past experience.
Etymology
Borrowed from French aperception (New Latin apperceptiō, used by Gottfried Leibniz (1646–1716)).
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