perceivednessn.
/pəˈsiːvᵻdnᵻs/, U.S. /pərˈsivᵻdnəs/ rare.
The quality of being perceptible; the fact of being perceived.
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the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > [noun]
anyitOE
eyesightc1175
sightc1175
sentimentc1374
mindc1384
intentc1386
fantasyc1400
savoura1425
spiritsc1450
perceiverancea1500
perceiverationa1500
senses1528
perceivance1534
sense1553
kenc1560
mind-sight1587
knowledge1590
fancy1593
animadversion1596
cognition1651
awaring1674
perception1678
scan1838
apperception1848
perceivedness1871
the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > [noun] > quality of being conceivable
conceivablenessc1443
conceptibility1678
cogitabilitya1688
conceivability1788
perceivedness1871
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > [noun] > being seen
perceivinga1398
perceivedness1871
1871 Athenæum 24 June 779 Prof. Fraser..stating as Berkeley's ultimate doctrine, that the condition of sensible things during the intervals of our perception of them was one of potential perceivedness or perceivability.
1967 S. Beckett Eh Joe & Other Writings 32 Anguish of perceivedness.
1993 Jrnl. Hist. Ideas 54 123 This is merely a name for a synthesis of qualities in space which are perceived or thought, and which have no meaning apart from their perceivedness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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