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  • 91jamais vu —    Jamais vu is French for never seen . It is used in a narrow sense to denote a transient feeling of unfamiliarity or alienation that may accompany a visual percept that had actually been experienced before. In a broader sense, it is used to… …

    Dictionary of Hallucinations

  • 92mindblindness —    Also known as psychic blindness, soulblindness, and visual agnosia. All four terms are used to denote the inability or diminished ability to process certain aspects of the visual input, resulting, for example, in the inability to recognize… …

    Dictionary of Hallucinations

  • 93optical illusion —    The term optical illusion is used in a narrow and a broad sense. In the narrow sense, it denotes an illusion attributable to the optics of the eye. In the broad sense, it is used as an equivalent of the term visual illusion, denoting any… …

    Dictionary of Hallucinations

  • 94CONCEPT — Les théories de la connaissance s’accordent généralement à reconnaître qu’il y a essentiellement, dans l’être humain, deux modes de connaissances de la réalité, l’un qui porte directement sur le concret, saisi dans sa singularité, l’autre qui… …

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  • 95perceptual — 1878; see PERCEPT (Cf. percept) + AL (Cf. al) (1). Related: Perceptually …

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  • 96perceptive — per•cep•tive [[t]pərˈsɛp tɪv[/t]] adj. 1) having or showing keenness of insight, understanding, or intuition 2) having the power or faculty of perceiving 3) of, pertaining to, or showing perception • Etymology: 1650–60; < L percept(us) (see… …

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  • 97perceptual experience — noun the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept • Syn: ↑percept, ↑perception • Hypernyms: ↑representation, ↑mental representation, ↑internal representation • Hyponyms: ↑ …

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  • 98Attachment — At*tach ment, n. [F. attachment.] 1. The act attaching, or state of being attached; close adherence or affection; fidelity; regard; an? passion of affection that binds a person; as, an attachment to a friend, or to a party. [1913 Webster] 2. That …

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  • 99Incipient species — Species Spe cies, n. sing. & pl. [L., a sight, outward appearance, shape, form, a particular sort, kind, or quality, a species. See {Spice}, n., and cf. {Specie}, {Special}.] 1. Visible or sensible presentation; appearance; a sensible percept… …

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  • 100Species — Spe cies, n. sing. & pl. [L., a sight, outward appearance, shape, form, a particular sort, kind, or quality, a species. See {Spice}, n., and cf. {Specie}, {Special}.] 1. Visible or sensible presentation; appearance; a sensible percept received by …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English