Hypernyms for "perception"
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aesthesis
auditory perception
beholding
cognizance
constancy
detection
discernment
esthesis
feeling
figure
ground
hearing
insight
lipreading
listening
look
looking
looking at
penetration
perceptiveness
perceptual constancy
seeing
sensation
sense datum
sense experience
sense impression
sensing
smell
smelling
somaesthesia
somatesthesia
somatic sensation
somesthesia
sound perception
tactile sensation
tactual sensation
taste
tasting
touch
touch sensation
visual image
visual percept
visual perception
What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.