percipience
/pɚˈsɪp.i.əns/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The state or condition of being highly perceptive, as if in an almost hypnotic or telepathic state.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "Percipience is sometimes increased, with individuals observing that they are more astute in judging people, in seeing patterns in data, or in reading “micro-expressions of people” and nonverbal interpersonal nuances (e.g., “I think everyone is a lot happier,” “I judge people’s body language more accurately”)."
Etymology
From percipient, itself from the Latin percipiens, the past participle of percipere (“to perceive”).
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /pɚˈsɪp.i.əns/
- British English: /pəˈsɪp.i.əns/