proception

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noun

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.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

nounproception (uncountable)
  1. uncountablehuman sciencesaccording to the philosophy of Justus Buchler, the process of the development of a person's experience by the interaction of behaviour and the environment.
  2. uncountablebiologySexual behaviour that leads to conception. The term “proceptivity” was introduced into general sexological use by Frank A. Beach in 1976
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