Associations to the word «Percept»

Wiktionary

PERCEPT, noun. (psychology) (philosophy) (now rare) Something perceived; the object of perception. [from 19th c.]
PERCEPT, noun. (psychology) (philosophy) A perceived object as it exists in the mind of someone perceiving it; the mental impression that is the result of perceiving something. [from 19th c.]

Dictionary definition

PERCEPT, noun. The representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne