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secondary quality

noun Epistemology.

one of the qualities attributed by the mind to an object perceived, such as color, temperature, or taste.

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Origin of secondary quality

First recorded in 1690–1700

Words nearby secondary quality

secondary phloem, secondary picketing, secondary process, secondary processes, secondary qualities, secondary quality, secondary rainbow, secondary recovery, secondary road, secondary saturation, secondary school
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