an idea or image formed in the mind by repeated experience of a particular pattern of sensory stimulation
Word origin
C20: from re- + (con)cept
recept in American English
(ˈrisept)
noun
an idea formed by the repetition of similar percepts, as successive percepts of the same object
Derived forms
receptual (rɪˈseptʃuːəl)
adjective
receptually
adverb
Word origin
[1885–90; n. use of L receptum, neut. ptp. of recipere to receive]This word is first recorded in the period 1885–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: booster, foregut, reactor, roller coaster, seminar