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perceptual [per-sep-choo-uh l] ExamplesWord Origin See more synonyms for perceptual on Thesaurus.com adjective
- of, relating to, or involving perception.
Origin of perceptual 1875–80; percept + -ual, on the model of concept, conceptual Related formsper·cep·tu·al·ly, adverbin·ter·per·cep·tu·al, adjectivein·ter·per·cep·tu·al·ly, adverbnon·per·cep·tu·al, adjectiveun·per·cep·tu·al, adjectiveun·per·cep·tu·al·ly, adverb Related Words for perceptual emotional, feeling, intuitive, visceral, emotive, noncognitive, perceptual Examples from the Web for perceptual Contemporary Examples of perceptual
Those are the two poles in Judd interpretation: Judd as a radical conceptualist, and Judd as a maker of perceptual abstractions.
Blake Gopnik
March 22, 2012
Voit documents a perceptual anomaly and allows it to trick us—or not—without any representational manipulation.
Philip Gefter
January 7, 2010
Historical Examples of perceptual
The perceptual image is likewise subject to similar limitations.
George Herbert Betts
It suggests the power of making what is called a “perceptual inference.”
The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4)
J. Arthur Thomson
The ideal has no perceptual value; it has no status in the world of the senses.
Robert T. Browne
Shock and Awe impact on psychological, perceptual, and physical levels.
Harlan K. Ullman
This is as true when the field is conceptual as when it is perceptual.
William James
British Dictionary definitions for perceptual perceptual adjective
- of or relating to perception
Derived Formsperceptually, adverb Word Origin and History for perceptual adj.
1852; see percept + -al (1). Related: Perceptually.
perceptual in Medicine perceptual [pər-sĕp′chōō-əl] adj.
- Of, based on, or involving perception.