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perceptions

NOUN

understanding, idea

Synonyms

STRONGEST

approach attention attitude awareness concept consciousness feeling image impression judgment knowledge notion opinion recognition sense taste thought viewpoint

STRONG

acumen apprehension brainchild conceit conception discernment flash grasp insight intellection light observation perspicacity picture plan sagacity sensation study

WEAK

apprehending big idea brain wave realizing

Antonyms

STRONGEST

concrete ignorance stupidity thing unconsciousness

STRONG

misconception misunderstanding

Example Sentences

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Polling data on how people around the world view America inevitably makes for dry reading, but still exposes startling differences between how Americans see themselves and external perceptions.

From Salon • May 31, 2026

In any case, the fact that, here, the “more advanced” farming women married into hunter-gatherer groups, contrary to many archaeologists’ expectations that hunter-gatherer women would “marry up”, suggests that perceptions need to change.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2026

A separate University of Michigan survey in May showed consumer mood dropped to a record-low amid worsening future inflation perceptions.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

But the shift does at least seem to reflect fans' perceptions - and what they're craving.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

Ebright, trying to swing perceptions the other way, said less, but was more direct when he said anything.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown