percipience

== English == === Etymology === From percipient, itself from the Latin percipiens, the past participle of percipere (“to perceive”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pəˈsɪp.i.əns/ (General American) IPA(key): /pɚˈsɪp.i.əns/ Rhymes: -ɪpiəns === Noun === percipience (usually uncountable, plural percipiences) perception The state or condition of being highly perceptive, as if in an almost hypnotic or telepathic state. ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “percipience” in Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary: Based on Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, 7th edition, Springfield, Mass.: G[eorge] & C[harles] Merriam, 1963 (1967 printing), →OCLC.