perception
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perception
noun ability to make distinctions, acuity, acumen, acuteness, apperception, appraisal, appreciation, apprehension, ascertainment, assessment, astuteness, attention, awareness, clear sight, cleverness, cognition, cognizance, comprehension, consciousness, deduction, detection, determination, discernment, discovery, dissriminating judgment, discrimination, espial, estimate, evaluation, field of vision, finding, grasp, idea, image, inkling, insight, iudicium, judgment, keen sight, mental image, mental impression, mentis acies, mindfulness, noesis, note, notice, notion, observation, penetration, percipience, perspicaciousness, perspicacity, point of view, quick sense, realization, recognition, regard, sagaciousness, sagacity, scrutiny, sense, sensory experience, sharp sight, sharpness, sight, smartness, supposition, surmise, theory, view, viewpoint, visualizationSee also: cognition, comprehension, concept, detection, discernment, discovery, discretion, discrimination, estimate, feeling, idea, impression, insight, intelligence, judgment, knowledge, precognition, reaction, realization, reason, recognition, response, sagacity, scienter, sense, sensibility, understanding, vision