imperceptionn.
/ˌɪmpəˈsɛpʃn/, U.S. /ˌɪmpərˈsɛpʃ(ə)n/ Lack of mental or sensory perception, or of comprehension, of what is perceived; the condition or state of not perceiving something.
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the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > absence of perception > [noun]
discognisancec1475
imperception1644
imperceptiveness1662
imperceptivitya1680
non-perception1692
unconsciousness1712
imperceptibility1781
incognizancea1856
impercipience1882
no-mind1934
no-thought1949
no-mindness1959
1644 O. Sedgwick Arke against Deluge 10 A drowsie imperception of our own sins.
1662 H. More Coll. Several Philos. Writings (ed. 2) Pref. Gen. 16 Lay hold on that imperceptive part of the Soul, or on the Soul it self in the state of Silence or Imperception.
1740 E. Smith Forty Two Serm. I. ix. 167 Do they not evidently live as if they were in utter Imperception of their own Preservation.
1849 Church Rev. Apr. 105 Habitual imperception had blinded their moral vision.
1889 H. J. Barker Orig. Eng. i. 14 It is in this naïve imperception of distortion..that the whole humour of school-boyishness lies.
1961 W. R. Brain Speech Disorders xiii. 143 Hughlings Jackson..first recognized both agnosia and apraxia. He called the former ‘imperception’.
2006 M. Murphy Sick Building Syndrome & Probl. Uncertainty v. 111 As a metaphor, white noise suggests imperception can be generated.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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