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PERCEPTUAL EXPERIENCE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does perceptual experience mean?
• PERCEPTUAL EXPERIENCE (noun)
The noun PERCEPTUAL EXPERIENCE has 1 sense:
1. the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept
Familiarity information: PERCEPTUAL EXPERIENCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PERCEPTUAL EXPERIENCE (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
percept; perception; perceptual experience
Hypernyms ("perceptual experience" is a kind of...):
internal representation; mental representation; representation (a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image)
Meronyms (parts of "perceptual experience"):
form; pattern; shape (a perceptual structure)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "perceptual experience"):
figure (a unitary percept having structure and coherence that is the object of attention and that stands out against a ground)
ground (a relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the figure on which attention is focused)
visual image; visual percept (a percept that arises from the eyes; an image in the visual system)
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