percipience

noun

pər-ˈsi-pē-ən(t)s How to pronounce percipience (audio)
Definition of percipiencenext
as in understanding
the knowledge gained from the process of coming to know or understand something a novelist who reveals an exceptional percipience of human aspirations and desires

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Recent Examples of percipience More recent events sent me back to the novel itself, and to a new respect for Lewis’ percipience about Americans’ vulnerability to the blandishments of political charlatans, and about his oracular vision of how a fascist takeover would unfold. — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2021 Jones has experience with a wide array of run-pass option plays as well, and his football percipience is highly regarded. — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 3 Apr. 2021
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  1. understanding
  2. appreciation
  3. perception
Noun
  • For my body has betrayed that my personal Room 101 must be the mid-exposure realization of having miscalculated a mutual understanding.
    — Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
  • This study challenges conventional understanding in neuroscience.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of understanding
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  • For all her appreciation of history, Chiuri is determined to look forward.
    — Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The minister presented al-Shahat and his wife with certificates of appreciation, and awarded them a trip to Saudi Arabia to perform the Umrah pilgrimage in recognition of his honesty and responsible conduct for not keeping the discovery to himself.
    — Ahmed Shawkat, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of appreciation
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  • Advances robot Intelligence Neuron AI is a robot foundation model designed to combine visual perception, touch, sound, language, and memory to help robots perform complex tasks.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026
  • In the race to build the most capable AI, the perception of which lab is ahead can change several times in a few months, as each major release gives rivals a new standard to meet.
    — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
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“Percipience.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/percipience. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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