ˌpreperˈception
[pre- A. 2.]
Previous perception; a condition preceding perception.
| 1871 Fraser Life Berkeley x. 402 note, Kant's preperception of space differs from Berkeley's, in recognising it as necessary à priori to all sense experience as such. 1881 J. Sully in Nature XXIV. 185/2 A ‘stage of preperception’, during which the mind receives the impression of sense, but has not yet interpreted the impression into a coherent percept. 1896 Educ. Rev. Mar. 278 Prof. James has illustrated and emphasized the importance of preperception. |
So preperˈceptive a., characterized by preperception.
| 1907 Hibbert Jrnl. Jan. 421 The suggested topic defines my purpose, gives it its orientation and its preperceptive and selective tendencies. |