apperception

Meaning

1. (especially, uncountable) The mind's perception of itself as the subject or actor in its own states, unifying past and present experiences; self-consciousness, perception that reflects upon itself.
2. (uncountable) Psychological or mental perception; recognition.
3. (countable) The general process or a particular act of mental assimilation of new experience into the totality of one's past experience.

Synonyms

consciousness

realization

appreciation

Translations

aperception

Apperzeption

appercezione

apercepció

apperceptie

apercepção

apperception

apercepción

consapevolezza

coscienza

conciencia

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌæpəˈsɛpʃən/

Etymology

Borrowed from French aperception (New Latin apperceptiō, used by Gottfried Leibnitz (1646–1716)).