perceiver
Example Sentences
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She was her own best perceiver, so I have to trust her on that.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2020
Primary qualities of an object, such as solidity and occupancy of space, exist independently of a perceiver.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 27, 2019
She enjoyed my appreciation of her mind, which was sincere; she was a delicate and nuanced perceiver.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 8, 2019
“Numerous studies have demonstrated that a person’s physical attractiveness level is discerned and cognitively processed within a fraction of a fraction of an instant, even when the perceiver cannot report exactly what has been perceived.”
From Time ● Jul. 19, 2013
Upon hearing or reading the string of words, the perceiver can work backwards, fitting them into a tree and recovering the links between the associated concepts.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
