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synonyms for perception

  • approach
  • attention
  • attitude
  • awareness
  • concept
  • consciousness
  • feeling
  • image
  • impression
  • judgment
  • knowledge
  • notion
  • opinion
  • recognition
  • sense
  • taste
  • thought
  • viewpoint
  • acumen
  • apprehension
  • brainchild
  • conceit
  • conception
  • discernment
  • flash
  • grasp
  • insight
  • intellection
  • light
  • observation
  • perspicacity
  • picture
  • plan
  • sagacity
  • sensation
  • study
  • apprehending
  • big idea
  • brain wave
  • realizing
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On this page you'll find 121 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to perception, such as: approach, attention, attitude, awareness, concept, and consciousness.

antonyms for perception

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  • concrete
  • ignorance
  • stupidity
  • thing
  • unconsciousness
  • misconception
  • misunderstanding
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How to use perception in a sentence

Bourla acknowledged that the late October date, coming right before the election, created the perception of political involvement, which could undermine confidence in the vaccine.
PFIZER’S ALBERT BOURLA: VACCINE EFFORTS ARE IMPROVING BIG PHARMA’S REPUTATIONALAN MURRAYSEPTEMBER 10, 2020FORTUNE
Over the past three decades, public perceptions of information technology have taken some wild turns.
THE RACE FOR A COVID-19 VACCINE SHOWS THE POWER OF ‘COMMUNITY INTELLIGENCE’MATTHEWHEIMERSEPTEMBER 9, 2020FORTUNE
I do think, however, there is a perception among people in street organizations that the police are not doing their job.
WHAT CAN MAYORS DO WHEN THE POLICE STOP DOING THEIR JOBS?BY ALEC MACGILLISSEPTEMBER 3, 2020PROPUBLICA
The perception was that most absentee voters were Republicans, so Democrats focused on Election Day voters, and getting them to the polls.
GOP CHAIR WHO CALLED MAIL VOTING ‘FRAUGHT WITH DANGER’ VOTED BY MAIL 22 STRAIGHT TIMESANDREW KEATTSAUGUST 10, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGO
Businesses and corporate institutions also yield significant influence in shaping policies and public perceptions around LGBTQ issues.
RIDER SURVEILLANCE POSES THREAT TO LGBTQ PRIVACYCHRISTOPHER WOODAUGUST 7, 2020WASHINGTON BLADE
Second, based on the computational model, messing with glomeruli activation in both time and space seems to disrupt smell perception linearly.
A HIGHWAY TO SMELL: HOW SCIENTISTS USED LIGHT TO INCEPT SMELL IN MICESHELLY FANJULY 1, 2020SINGULARITY HUB 
However, because of a quirk of perception, George liked to look at the object that popped onto the screen earlier.
HOW SCIENTISTS INFLUENCED MONKEYS’ DECISIONS USING ULTRASOUND IN THEIR BRAINSSHELLY FANMAY 27, 2020SINGULARITY HUB 
Here, as in so many of these childish admirations, we have to do not with a purely æsthetic perception.
CHILDREN'S WAYSJAMES SULLY
Yet, if one looks closely, under the froth and foppery, some of the charm and perception of the man still shines through.
A LETTER FROM MR. CIBBER TO MR. POPECOLLEY CIBBER
With children of finer perception the transition to a correct profile view may be carried much further.
CHILDREN'S WAYSJAMES SULLY
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WORDS RELATED TO PERCEPTION

  • clairvoyance
  • extrasensory perception
  • insight
  • intuition
  • perception
  • second sight
  • sixth sense
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