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noun ADJ. clear | common, general, widely-held, widespread | growing | accurate | public | human | extrasensory, sensory, visual VERB + PERCEPTION have I was shocked to learn of the perception people have of me. | gain We need to gain a clearer perception of how young people feel about the problem. | affect These developments hardly affected the public perception of the crisis.
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insight, intuition or knowledge gained:
It was my perception that they had lied., noun
understanding:
Her perception is they don't want it.
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