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percipient Definition

per·cipi·ent (pər sip′ē ənt)

adjective

perceiving, esp. keenly or readily

Etymology: L percipiens, prp. of percipere: see perceive

noun

a person who perceives

percipient Related Forms
per·cip′i·ence noun or per·cip′i·ency per·cip′i·ently adverb
percipient Usage Examples

Possessives

  • brain: Subjective visions, or hallucinations, have no extra--mental correlate but are projections of the percipient's own brain.

Converse of object

  • ask: This is yet another symbolic feature, the triad asking the percipient to join them to form a quaternity.

Adjective modifier

  • principal: The principal percipient is Miss Z, aged 21 at the time of our interview in 1973.

Modifying Another Word

  • also: One Good Turn Kate Atkinson Jackson Brodie returns in this sharply intelligent read that is also percipient, funny and totally satisfying.