Percipience
//pəˈsɪp.i.əns// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 perception uncountable, usually
- 2 The state or condition of being highly perceptive, as if in an almost hypnotic or telepathic state. uncountable, usually
"She lay in a state of percipience without volition, and the rustle of the straw and the cutting of the ears by the others had the weight of bodily touches."
Example
More examples"She lay in a state of percipience without volition, and the rustle of the straw and the cutting of the ears by the others had the weight of bodily touches."
Etymology
From percipient, itself from the Latin percipiens, the past participle of percipere (“to perceive”).
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