non-perceptionn.
/ˌnɒnpəˈsɛpʃn/, U.S. /ˌnɑnpərˈsɛpʃ(ə)n/ Failure to perceive; lack of perception.
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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
1692 J. Norris Cursory Refl. Ess. Human Understanding 10 in Christian Blessedness (ed. 2) Which utterly silences that argument taken from the Non-perception of them in children.
1704 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World II. iii. 131 The proper defect of the understanding is ignorance or non-perception.
1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. V. x. ii. 645 Mis-conception or non-perception.
1882 B. Nicholson in New Shakspere Soc. Trans. 5 355 Such non-perception of moral responsibility is one of the clearest proofs of madness.
1910 Proc. Royal Soc. 1909–10 B. 82 463 The defect which has caused the non-perception of certain red rays has not caused the dichromatism.
1958 H. Goodglass & J. Hunt in Word 14 204 The non-perception of errors.
1997 in M. Ito Cognition, Computation, & Consciousness 171 The nonperception of the left hemiparalysis was explained as being caused by a breakdown of the body schema which is assumed to exist in the right hemisphere.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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