perceptualadj.
/pəˈsɛptʃʊəl/, /pəˈsɛptʃ(ᵿ)l/, /pəˈsɛptjʊəl/, /pəˈsɛptjᵿl/, U.S. /pərˈsɛp(t)ʃ(əw)əl/ Chiefly Psychology.
Of or relating to perception; of the nature of percepts.
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the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > [adjective]
apprehensivea1398
cognitive1586
cognoscitive1640
cognoscent1649
cognitional1827
perceptional1862
cognition1878
perceptual1878
phronetal1904
the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > [adjective] > of or relating to physical sensation
animala1400
sensible?a1425
sensualc1429
sensitive1502
sensate1677
sensatory1720
sensorial1742
aesthetic1798
sensational1807
sensatorial1847
perceptual1878
psychosensory1881
aesthesic1898
1878 S. H. Hodgson Philos. of Refl. I. 315 The conceptual order being the obverse aspect of the perceptual.
1890 Athenæum 25 Jan. 121/2 The origin of concepts or universals was traced to acts of attending to perceptual data for the purpose of harmonizing them with their perceptual context.
1925 C. D. Broad Mind & its Place iv. 217 The quasi-belief which is an essential factor in all perceptual situations.
1991 Mind 100 91 Experience counts as perceptual only if its manifest content is dominantly caused by events in the perceptible environment in ways which ensure that there is a substantial measure of congruence between them.
Compounds
perceptual defence n. a raising of the threshold of perception when the stimulus is emotionally charged in an unfavourable way.
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the mind > mental capacity > psychology > psychology of perception > process of perception > [noun] > defensive threshold-raising
perceptual defence1948
1948 L. Postman in Jrnl. Abnormal Psychol. 43 152/1 Value orientation may..raise thresholds for unacceptable stimulus objects. We shall refer to this mechanism as perceptual defense.
1970 M. J. Meldman Dis. Attention & Perception v. 95 The phenomenon of perceptual defense and the relationship of emotion to perception.
1998 Jrnl. Peace Res. 35 709/1 Factors that shape and distort perception such as..perceptual defence (which results in the screening out of threatening information)..are significant.
perceptual-motor adj. involving motor behaviour as guided by or dependent on perception; cf. percepto-motor adj. at percepto- comb. form , perceptuomotor adj. at perceptuo- comb. form .
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the mind > mental capacity > psychology > psychology of perception > process of perception > [adjective] > involving motor behaviour
percepto-motor1878
perceptual-motor1924
perceptuomotor1944
1924 Jrnl. Philos. 21 234 In his judgement their sagacity is of the intuitive order, not deliberative and reflective, just as their economic adjustment is of the perceptual-motor order.
1968 J. B. Oxendine Psychol. of Motor Learning i. 14 A forehand stroke in tennis would be classified as a perceptual-motor skill, and swimming would not.
2002 Jrnl. Motor Behaviour 34 161 (title) Perceptual-motor contributions to static and dynamic balance control in children.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1878