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Webster 1913 Edition
Proception
Pro-cep′tion
,Noun.
[Pref.
pro-
+ L. capere
to take.] Preoccupation.
[Obs.]
Eikon Basilik[GREEK].
Webster 1828 Edition
Proception
PROCEP'TION
,Noun.
Definition 2024
proception
proception
English
Noun
proception (uncountable)
- (philosophy) according to the philosophy of Justus Buchler, the process of the development of a person's experience by the interaction of behaviour and the environment.[1]
- (biology) Sexual behaviour that leads to conception.[2] The term “proceptivity” was introduced into general sexological use by Frank A. Beach in 1976[3]