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Definition of Perceptive
1. Adjective. Of or relating to perception. "Perceptive faculties"
2. Adjective. Having the ability to perceive or understand; keen in discernment. "A perceptive observation"
Derivative terms: Perceive, Perceptiveness, Perceptiveness, Perceptiveness, Perceptivity
Antonyms: Unperceptive
Definition of Perceptive
1. a. Of or pertaining to the act or power of perceiving; having the faculty or power of perceiving; used in perception.
Definition of Perceptive
1. Adjective. having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Perceptive
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Perceptive
1. Relating to or having a higher than normal power of perception. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Perceptive
Literary usage of Perceptive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1913)
"An analysis of the four principal perceptive types suggests that there are ...
Physiological factors are advanced as likely to affect the perceptive type of ..."
2. Psychology Applied to the Art of Teaching by Joseph Baldwin (1895)
"THE perceptive POWERS. THESE powers are GUI capabilities to know immediately.
... They are also called our perceptive' powers, our powers of direct insight. ..."
3. Methods of Teaching; a Hand-book of Principles, Directions, and Working by John Swett (1880)
"In the beginning, the perceptive faculties are most active; ... THE perceptive
FACULTIES. The modes of action of these faculties are sensation, perception, ..."
4. The Scientific Basis of Education Demonstrated: By an Analysis of the by John Hecker (1867)
"They are Comparison and Casuality.and lie above the perceptive and below the
Spiritual faculties. The Conceptive faculties are those by which notions or ..."
5. The Grammar of Science by Karl Pearson (1900)
"The Routine of Perceptions is possibly a Product of the perceptive ... How far
does this routine of sense-impressions depend upon the perceptive faculty? ..."
6. Elementary Psychology and Education: A Text-book for High Schools, Normal by Joseph Baldwin (1889)
"perceptive Knowing is simply Direct Insight.—Self stands face to face with ...
perceptive knowing is intuitive knowing, is immediate knowing, ..."
7. Elements of Moral Science by James Beattie (1817)
"By the perceptive powers we are supposed to acquire knowledge; ... CHAPTER I.
,THE perceptive FACULTIES. 10. THESE may perhaps be reduced to nine. ..."
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