English

Etymology
From percipient, itself from the L. percipiens, the past participle of percipere 'to perceive'

Pronunciation
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Noun
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1. perception
2. The state or condition of being highly perceptive, as if in an almost hypnotic or telepathic state.

#:1891 She lay in a state of percipience without volition, and the rustle of the straw and the cutting of the ears by the others had the weight of bodily touches. � Thomas Hardy, [http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/ot2www-pubeng?specfile/texts/english/modeng/publicsearch/modengpub.o2w&actsurround&offset344489708&tagHardy,+Thomas:+Tess+of+the+d'Urbervilles,+1891&query+percipience&idHarTess Tess of the d'Urbervilles.]

References
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