1753, "self-consciousness"
from French aperception (17th century)
from Latin ad "to" + perceptionem (nominative perceptio) "perception, apprehension, a taking," noun of action from past-participle stem of percipere "to perceive"
apperception noun
introspective self-consciousness
conscious perception with full awareness
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lucid definition; added layer of lucidity, or aethereal context
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artificium definition; usually words which have undergone a warped evolution, or a complete perversion of the original sense