definitions

perceptual

[ per-sep-choo-uh l ]
/ pərˈsɛp tʃu əl /
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adjective

of, relating to, or involving perception.

Nearby words

percept, perceptible, perception, perceptive, perceptively, perceptual, perceptual defence, perceptual mapping, perceval, perceval, spencer, perch

Origin of perceptual

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

Related forms

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Examples from the Web for perceptually

  • 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.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 6|Various

  • 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

/ (pəˈsɛptjʊəl) /

adjective

of or relating to perception

Derived Forms

perceptually, adverb
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Medicine definitions for perceptually

perceptual

[ pər-sĕp′chōō-əl ]

adj.

Of, based on, or involving perception.
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