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sense (Feeling), noun apperception, apprehension, awareness, consciousness, discernment, idea, impression, instinct, mental image, mindfulness, notion, opinion, realization, sensation, sensus, speculation

sense (Intelligence), noun acumen, astuteness, brightness, brilliance, cleverness, cognition, cognitive faculties, cognitive powers, comprehension, depth, foresight, genius, good judgment, grasp, intellect, intellectual ability, intellectuality, iudicium, judgment, judiciousness, mentality, observation, perspicacity, prudence, prudentia, rational faculty, rationality, reason, recognition, sagaciousness, sagacity, sapience, shrewdness, smartness, talent, understanding, wisdom, wiseness

See also: apprehend, apprehension, competence, comprehension, connotation, construction, content, contents, context, detect, expedience, gist, import, impression, intellect, intelligence, main point, meaning, perceive, perception, prudence, reaction, reason, response, sagacity, sanity, signification, spirit, substance, tenor, understanding

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Proprioception refers to the extraction of information regarding the position and movement of the body (ie, on the state of the individual, or the internal environment), exteroception (commonly considered perception) refers to the extraction of information regarding the state of the external world, and exproprioception refers to the extraction of information regarding the movement or position of self in relation to the external world.

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exterminatory
external
external appearance
external aspect
external form
externalize
externus
exteroception
exterrere
Exterritoriality
extinct
extinction
extinction of a debt
Extinction of a thing
extinguere

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