Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

apperception

/ˌæpɚˈsɛpʃən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.77 in modern English

Syllables: ap-per-cep-tion
IPA: /ˌæpɚˈsɛpʃən/

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

Uncountable

noun

Psychological or mental perception; recognition.

Uncountable

noun

The general process or a particular act of mental assimilation of new experience into the totality of one's past experience.

Countable

Example Sentences

"Conception is... the simplest act of thinking; it is the apprehension of the universal, as perception is the apperception of the particular."
"For as she smiled I was gifted a glimpse past the apperception of an anonymous spherical quantity of human flesh; and into the individual."

Etymology

Borrowed from French aperception (New Latin apperceptiō, used by Gottfried Leibniz (1646–1716)).

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: *kap-, aperception

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌæpɚˈsɛpʃən/
British English: /ˌæpəˈsɛpʃən/

Usage

Inflected Forms

apperceptions (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

apperceive apperceptive

Questions

How do you pronounce apperception?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌæpɚˈsɛpʃən/.
What does apperception mean?: 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.
Where does apperception come from?: It is traced to French.

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