perceived

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UK /pəˈsiːvd/ US /pɚˈsivd/

adj 2

Collocations

ADJ.

alert, black, dim, godless, naked, political, real, ugly

The naked truth about his perceived political bias finally came to light.

VERB + PERCEIVED

cannot, fixated, guard, sighed, thought

She sighed as the criticism she perceived as unfair continued to mount.

PERCEIVED + NOUN

affordances, alien, fin, husband, imperfection, muslim, shyness, themselves

She struggled to accept her perceived imperfection even though everyone told her she looked fine.

PREP.

in, on, with

The company's new policy was perceived with skepticism by most of the employees.

ADV.

also, always, often, plainly, sometimes

The new policy was sometimes perceived as unfair by employees who weren't consulted beforehand.

Definitions

adj

Generally recognized to be true.

The perceived wisdom is that people do not go in large numbers to black-and-white movies anymore

In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.

As seen or understood by someone.

In product design, where one deals with real, physical objects, there can be both real and perceived affordances, and the two need not be the same.

Anger is a natural response in humans to perceived or actual threat or provocation.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — detected by instinct or inference rather than by recognized

sensed

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

The perceived wisdom is that people do not go in large numbers to black-and-white movies anymore

Wiktionary

In product design, where one deals with real, physical objects, there can be both real and perceived affordances, and the two need not be the same.

Wiktionary

I perceived an object looming through the mist.

Tatoeba · #67144

The alert guard perceived a dim shape in the distance.

Tatoeba · #238065

The alert officer perceived a dim shape in the distance.

Tatoeba · #238067

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