What does "percept" mean?

Something perceived; the object of perception.

What is a synonym for "percept"?

Common synonyms include: archetype, awareness, consciousness, exemplar, experience, feeling.

//ˈpɜːsɛpt// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Noun

1
Something perceived; the object of perception. archaic
"Whether it might not, in like manner, be proper to introduce the term percept for the object of perception, I shall not at present inquire."
2
the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept wordnet
3
A perceived object as it exists in the mind of someone perceiving it; the mental impression that is the result of perceiving something.
"I see an inkstand on the table: that is a percept. Moving my head, I get a different percept of the inkstand."

Verb

1
to perceive obsolete, rare, transitive
"And is not the highest speculation of it percepted and perfected by manuall instruments, and those fallacious too, as themselves complain?"

"There is only one true gnosis: that I percept what I percept."

Borrowed from Latin perceptum, neuter of perceptus (“perceived”), past participle of percipiō (“to perceive”); see perceive.

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