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Apercu
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What's The Definition Of Apercu?
[n] a short synopsis
Synonyms | Synonyms for Apercu: Related Terms | Find terms related to Apercu: a priori knowledge | abbreviation | abbreviature | abrege | abridgment | abstract | anticipation | article | brief | buddhi | capsule | causerie | clairvoyance | compend | condensation | condensed version | conspectus | descant | digest | direct apprehension | discourse | discussion | disquisition | dissertation | draft | epitome | essay | etude | examination | excursus | exposition | feature | first approach | head | homily | immediate cognition | insight | inspiration | introductory study | intuition | intuitionism | intuitive reason | intuitiveness | intuitivism | knowledge without thought | lucubration | memoir | monograph | morceau | note | outline | overview | pandect | paper | paragraph | piece | precis | precognition | preliminary study | prolegomenon | research paper | review | rubric | satori | screed | second sight | second-sightedness | shortened version | sixth sense | skeleton | sketch | special article | study | subconscious knowledge | subconscious perception | survey | syllabus | synopsis | term paper | theme | thesis | thumbnail sketch | topical outline | tract | tractate | treatise | treatment | unmediated perception See Also | abstract | outline | precis | synopsis Apercu In Webster's Dictionary \A`per`[,c]u"\ ([.a]`p[^a]r`s[.u]"), n.; pl. {Aper[,c]us}
(-s[.u]"). [F., prop. p. p. of apercevoir to perceive.]
1. A first view or glance, or the perception or estimation so
obtained; an immediate apprehension or insight,
appreciative rather than analytic.
The main object being to develop the several
aper[,c]us or insights which furnish the method of
such psychology. --W. T.
Harris.
A series of partial and more or less disparate
aper[,c]us or outlooks; each for itself a center of
experience. --James Ward.
2. Hence, a brief or detached view; conspectus; sketch.
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