Definition of Perceptual

1. Adjective. Of or relating to the act of perceiving. "Perceptual stimulus"

Partainyms: Perception
Derivative terms: Perception

Definition of Perceptual

1. Adjective. Relating to perception. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Perceptual

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Perceptual

perceptibleness
perceptibly
perception
perceptional
perceptions
perceptive
perceptive deafness
perceptively
perceptiveness
perceptivities
perceptivity
perceptorium
perceptron
perceptrons
percepts
perceptual (current term)
perceptual closure
perceptual defense
perceptual disorders
perceptual distortion
perceptual expansion
perceptual experience
perceptual masking
perceptual set
perceptualize
perceptualized
perceptualizes
perceptualizing
perceptually
perceptuomotor

Literary usage of Perceptual

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Concept of Knowledge by Panayot Butchvarov (1970)
"If the entity one perceives that is at least a perceptual expanse but may be a part ... Pure perceptual Objects I SUGGEST THAT the above account of primary ..."

2. A Manual of Psychology by George Frederick Stout (1915)
"Ideal Pre-arrangement distinguished from perceptual Pre-adjustment.—perceptual activity is guided by the actual presence of perceived objects. ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The perceptual consciousness is constantly undergoing, ... Inasmuch as perceptual knowledge comes by way of the senses', the most obvious mode of ..."

4. Animal Life and Intelligence by Conwy Lloyd Morgan (1891)
"Concerning inference, of which I shall have more to say in the next chapter, I have now to note that it is of two kinds: first, perceptual inference, ..."

5. The Reading Process by William Anton Smith (1922)
"CHAPTER VII perceptual AND INTERPRETATIVE PROCESSES IN READING Our discussion of eye movement—especially in so far as it related to the fixation pause—has ..."

6. The Grammar of Science by Karl Pearson (1900)
"possesses this great advantage : that when we pass from the conclusions drawn for this higher space to the space of our perceptual experience, ..."

7. Some Problems of Philosophy: A Beginning of an Introduction to Philosophy by William James (1911)
"The field is thus open for any other hypothesis; and the one which we shall adopt is simply that which the face of perceptual experience suggests. ..."

8. The Child's Mind, Its Growth and Training: Being a Short Study of Some by William Eddowes Urwick (1907)
"WE have in the present chapter to attempt to trace the growth from perceptual to ideational process ; in other words, to trace the growth into ideas of ..."

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