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perceived
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As an adjective, perceived means generally recognized to be true.
Meanings of perceived
4 meaningsadjective
Generally recognized to be true.
“The perceived wisdom is that people do not go in large numbers to black-and-white movies anymore”
As seen or understood by an individual.
“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.”
Detected by instinct or inference rather than by recognized perceptual cues
“the felt presence of an intruder”
“a sensed presence in the room raised goosebumps on her arms”
“a perceived threat”
Similar: sensedDetected by means of the senses
“a perceived difference in temperature”
verb
Simple past tense and past participle of perceive
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).