PERCIPIENT

percipient

Noun

  1. One who perceives something.
  2. One who has perceived a paranormal event.
    In the course of investigating the haunting, I interviewed several percipients.

Adjective

  1. Having the ability to perceive, especially to perceive quickly.
  2. Perceiving events only in the moment, without reflection, as a very young child.
    Over time children advance from the percipient stage to the perceptive stage, in which they begin to reflect on the significance of events.


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