perceptual

[per-sep-choo-uhl]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or involving perception.

Other Word Forms

• perceptually adverb
• interperceptual adjective
• interperceptually adverb
• nonperceptual adjective
• unperceptual adjective
• unperceptually adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of perceptual¹

1875–80; percept + -ual, on the model of concept, conceptual

Example Sentences

“One thing that happens in infancy is this process of perceptual narrowing, where babies in some ways have broader perceptual abilities than adults.”

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The point of all this frustration was to make us more mindful of our perceptual shackles.

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Typical psychotic-like experiences include perceptual distortions and hallucinations, suspicious paranoid thinking, delusions and bizarre, unusual thoughts.

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But perceptual experience has been a through-line in the region’s contemporary art history, so it’s good to see a festival exhibition focused on Southern California.

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“I am not an advocate of blocking your perceptual system, sight and sound for constant surveillance.”

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