apperception

  1. Noun.  (uncountable, psychology) The mind's perception of itself as the subject or actor in its own states, unifying past and present experiences; self-consciousness, perception that reflects upon itself.
  2. Noun.  (uncountable) Psychological or mental perception; recognition.
  3. Noun.  (countable, psychology) The general process or a particular act of mental assimilation of new experience into the totality of one's past experience.

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