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perceptual

[per-sep-choo-uh l]
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adjective
  1. of, relating to, or involving perception.
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Origin of perceptual

1875–80; percept + -ual, on the model of concept, conceptual
Related formsper·cep·tu·al·ly, adverbin·ter·per·cep·tu·al, adjectivein·ter·per·cep·tu·al·ly, adverbnon·per·cep·tu·al, adjectiveun·per·cep·tu·al, adjectiveun·per·cep·tu·al·ly, adverb
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Examples from the Web for perceptually

Historical Examples

  • The indispensableness to religion of the imagination is due to that faculty's power of realizing what is not perceptually present.

    The Approach to Philosophy

    Ralph Barton Perry

  • The bee may be only perceptually intelligent; the man who observes its action may or may not be conceptually intelligent.

  • Logically, this means that intelligence works conceptually, not perceptually alone.

    Ethics

    John Dewey and James Hayden Tufts

  • Their relations are perceptually obvious at a glance, and no sense-verification is necessary.

    Pragmatism

    William James

British Dictionary definitions for perceptually

perceptual

adjective
  1. of or relating to perception
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Derived Formsperceptually, adverb
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Word Origin and History for perceptually

perceptual

adj.

1852; see percept + -al (1). Related: Perceptually.

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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
perceptually in Medicine

perceptual

(pər-sĕp′chōō-əl)
adj.
  1. Of, based on, or involving perception.
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